Italian teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary child,' says mother

The Manila Times

Italian teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary child,' says mother   Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month, elevating him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi.   There is no doubt he was special, his mother Antonia Salzano, told Reuters. But in many ways, she said, he was like any other teen.   Acutis, who learned several computer coding languages and developed websites for his parish and the wider Church, died from leukemia aged 15 in 2006.   Tens of thousands more are expected to attend the canonization service in St. Peter's Square on April 27.   REUTERS / VATICAN MEDIA / FRIENDS OF CARLO ACUTIS ASSOCIATION VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein    #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews  #blessedcarloacutis

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00:00Music

00:30I would like to say that in the day of the children and of the adolescents

00:48the Beato Carlo Acutis

01:00The Beato Dictionary

01:16Definitely, Carlo was an ordinary child like everybody. He used to play, to have friends, to go to school.

01:23to school, but his extraordinary was the fact that he opened the door of his heart to Jesus

01:30and he put Jesus at the first place in his life.

01:33The first miracle he did on the day of the funeral, because a woman with a breast cancer prayed Carlo and she had to start chemotherapy and the cancer disappeared completely.

02:02So this was the first miracle, and since then we had so many miracles each day and of course the church chose one for the beatification, one for the canonization.

02:15The Holy Spirit of Jesus, and Jesus Christ of all, the Holy Spirit of Jesus is the Holy Spirit of Jesus.

02:23To the Son of the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ of all, the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ of all, the Holy Spirit of all of us.

02:28This is the gospel who said this. No, Jesus said, be perfect like I'm perfect.

02:33You are the salt of the Earth. You are the light of the world.

02:37And this is possible.

02:39Science is a call for everybody.

02:53And really the world is speaking with a great interest

03:01for this young man and for his canonization.

03:06I think that's starting from his mind.

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