Frassati's spiritual biographer, Fr. Paolo Asolan, addressed devotees of the new saint hours before his canonization in Rome.

It was only their first day on the job as canonized saints, but Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati were already fulfilling their roles of drawing people to Christ.

“Blesseds” Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati — who are both beatified, the first step toward sainthood — will be canonized in the Vatican on Sunday, Sept. 7, the first such ceremony by Pope Leo XIV.

All weekend, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rancho Cucamonga is hosting a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis – who is being canonized into sainthood Sunday, Sept. 7, along with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, in the Vatican – and a bone relic of St. Bernardine of Siena, the patron saint of the San Bernardino Diocese.

VATICAN CITY It was only at Pier Giorgio's funeral in July 1925 that his father, Commendator Alfredo Frassati, fully understood the parallel and incredible world his son struck down

The Catholic Church celebrates the proclamation of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati as new saints.

Just over a century after his untimely death, Italian activist, social justice champion and third-order Dominican Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will officially be canonized by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 7 at St.