By Andrew Rabel Vatican City, September 7,2025. in St. Peter’s Square, Leo XIV greets Fr. Juan Gutierrez, assistant pastor at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Los Angeles. He received a miraculous healing through the intercession of Pier Giorgio Frassati, whose canonization he was there to witness. Fr. Juan Gutierrez, 38, is assistant pastor [...]
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 The Frassati Fellowship, New York City St. Pier Giorgio Frassati is a saint for the modern world, and especially for young people. Born in 1901 in Turin, Italy, his time on earth was short—only 24 years—but he filled it passionately with holy living. Pier Giorgio was a model of virtue, a “man of the beatitudes,” [...]
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. [...]
