Teen one step from becoming first millennial saintThe Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, who 15-year-old Carlo Acutis idolised. That leaves him just one miracle away from becoming the world's first millennial saint. Internet and computer-mad youngster Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15, was placed on the path to sainthood after the Vatican ruled he had miraculously saved another boy's life. The Vatican claims he interceded from heaven in 2013 to cure a Brazilian boy suffering from a rare pancreatic disease. He will be beatified in Assisi, the home of his idol Saint Francis, who dedicated his life to the poor.

Source: Bangkok Post October 10, 2020 03:33 UTC