Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint
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Where to watch the highly anticipated canonization of two modern saints, Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Two new saints will be canonized on Sunday in Rome — including the first-ever millennial saint. The joint ceremony will be broadcast on Eternal Word Television Network [EWTN] and Vatican News channels beginning at 3 a.
Pope Leo XIV will declare Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati saints of the Catholic Church at Sunday’s liturgy, elevating the two – who lived about a century apart – as models of holiness, particularly for children, youth and young adults. The canonization Mass begins at 10 a.m. in Rome (4 a.m. EDT).
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The Manila Times on MSNWhat to expect at the twin canonization
The road to sainthood ends where millions of faithful have knelt and prayed — St. Peter’s Square. Today, September 7, during the Jubilee Year of Youth, the Catholic Church will canonize Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in a joint ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV.
Before he was known as a soon-to-be-saint, Carlo Acutis was simply a boy in a school uniform, lugging his backpack through the hallways of the Tommaseo Institute in Milan. His teachers remember him as joyful, a bit of a prankster, and passionate about his Catholic faith.