Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis — First Millennial Saint — to Be Canonized

<![CDATA[Youth is no barrier to sanctity. That’s certainly the message from the Vatican this weekend, as the first canonization ceremony since the election of a new pope will raise a young, 20th-century athlete and anti-fascist, Pier Giorgio Frassati, to officially recognized sainthood. At the same time, Carlo Acutis, a “computer whiz” who died at the age of 15 in 2006, will be canonized, a milestone in Church history.]]>