Cardinal Parolin on St. Carlo Acutis
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrated a Mass marking the first liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis.
Many when they see his picture are touched by his smile: Carlo spoke of Jesus above all with his radiant, luminous, and smiling face.
Carlo Acutis was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7 and died in 2006 of fulminant leukemia at the age of 15.
- Carlo Acutis rests in a glass case on the side of the nave of the church.
- The Mass was celebrated at Mary Major Church in Assisi at the Shrine of the Renunciation.
Author's summary: Cardinal Parolin honors St. Carlo Acutis.