By Pope Leo XIV Canonizations of the Blessed: Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV St. Peter's Square - September 7, 2025 (Impromptu remarks before Holy Mass and the Rite of Canonization:) Good morning, everyone! Happy Sunday and welcome! Thank you! Brothers and sisters, today is a wonderful feast for [...]
By Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Carlo Acutis was born May 3, 1991, in London, where his parents were working. Just a few months later, his parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, moved to Milan. As a teenager, Carlo was diagnosed with leukemia. He offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Church, saying “I [...]
We, too, can make our lives “masterpieces of holiness” like theirs, the Pope tells 80,000 faithful in St. Peter’s By Vatican News Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, September 7, for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. On the facade of the Basilica are two tapestries depicting the new saints. [...]
Pope Francis with Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi, Italy. The Assisi bishop will be in Rome on Tuesday, December 5, to award a special "Francis of Assisi and Carlo Acutis" prize Letter #174, 2023, Sunday, December 3: Assisi Prize The bishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, will be in Rome, in Vatican City, on Tuesday, December [...]
September 29, Feast of St. Michael Left, a 600-year-old Russian icon of St. Michael the Archangel. It was done by St. Andrei Rublev and dates from the early 1400s. St. Michael's Feast Day is September 29 in the West, November 18 in the East. St. Michael is not a saint in the traditional [...]
