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'''Carlo Acutis''' ( * 3. Mai 1991 in [[London]], [[Vereinigtes Königreich]]; † 12. Oktober 2006 in [[Monza]], [[Italien]]) war ein italienischer Jugendlicher der [[Römisch-katholische Kirche|römisch-katholischen Kirche]]. 

<ref name="SEB" />He was best known for documenting [[Eucharistic miracle]]s around the world and cataloging them all onto a [[website]] that he himself created in the months before his death from [[leukemia]]. He was noted for his cheerfulness and for his [[computer]] skills as well as for his deep devotion to the [[Eucharist]] which became a core theme of his life.<ref name="CN" />

The calls for him to be beatified began not long after he died and gained significant momentum in 2013 after the cause commenced and he became titled as a [[Servant of God]] - the first stage on the path towards sainthood.<ref name="SEB" /><ref name="CS" /> [[Pope Francis]] declared him to be [[Venerable]] on 5 July 2018; the same pope approved a miracle attributed to him which enables Acutis to be beatified.

Acutis will be beatified at the Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, October 10 at 4 P.M. Cardinal [[Giovanni Angelo Becciu]], Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]], will preside.

==Life==
Carlo Acutis was born in [[London, England|London]] in mid-1991 to Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano.<ref name="CN" />

His parents worked in London though settled in Milan not long after their son's birth in September 1991.<ref name="SEB" /> He became devoted as a child to the [[Mother of God]] and recited frequent [[rosaries]] as a sign of his devotion to her.<ref name="AT" /> He became a frequent communicant after the reception of his [[First Communion]] (aged seven at the [[convent]] of [[Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus, Milan|S. Ambrogio ad Nemus]]) and made the effort either before or after Mass to reflect in front of the [[tabernacle]]. Acutis also made his confession once a week. Those around him knew he had a passion for computers.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="SEB" /> He spent his school education in Milan and his high school studies were under the [[Jesuits]] at the Istituto Leone XIII. He also had several models as his guides for life:
* [[Saint Francis of Assisi]]<ref name="SEB" />
* [[Francisco and Jacinta Marto|Ss. Francisco and Jacinta Marto]] (in his time Blesseds still)
* [[Saint Dominic Savio]]

* [[Tarcisius|Saint Tarcisius]]
* [[Bernadette Soubirous|Saint Bernadette Soubirous]]<ref name="SEB" />
Acutis was worried about those friends of his whose parents were divorcing and so he would invite those friends to his home to support them. He defended the rights of the disabled and defended disabled peers at school when bullies mocked them. He loved travelling but loved to visit [[Assisi]] more than other places.<ref name="CN" />

He contracted [[leukemia]] and offered his pain for both [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and for the Universal Church in which he said that "I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church”. He had asked his parents to take him on pilgrimages to the sites of all the known [[Eucharistic miracle]]s in the world but his worsening health prevented this from happening. Being passionate about computers led Acutis to make a website dedicated to careful cataloging of each reported miracle and he did this in 2005 (he had cataloged each case since he was eleven). He appreciated [[Giacomo Alberione|Blessed Giacomo Alberione's]] initiatives to use the media to evangelize and proclaim the [[Gospel]] and aimed to do this with the website that he had created. He also liked film and comic editing.<ref name="AT" /> It was on the website that he said: "the more [[Eucharist]] we receive, the more we will become like [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]], so that on this earth we will have a foretaste of heaven".

The doctor treating him asked him if he was suffering much pain and he responded that "there are people who suffer much more than me".<ref name="CN" /> He died on 12 October 2006 at 6:45am from M3 fulminant leukemia and he was buried in Assisi in accordance with his wishes.<ref name="SEB" /><ref name="AT" />

Both [[Raffaello Martinelli]] and [[Angelo Comastri]] helped in organizing a travelling photo exhibition of all those Eucharistic miracle sites in his honor. It has since travelled to dozens of different countries across five continents.<ref name="293fI" />

==Beatification==
The Lombard Episcopal Conference approved the petition for the canonization cause to be introduced at their meeting in 2013.<ref name="CS" /> The opening of the diocesan investigation was held on 15 February 2013 with Cardinal [[Angelo Scola]] inaugurating the process and then concluding it later on 24 November 2016. The formal introduction to the cause came on 13 May 2013 and Acutis became titled as a [[Servant of God]]. [[Pope Francis]] confirmed his life of [[heroic virtue]] on 5 July 2018 and named him as [[Venerable]].<ref name="kdu53" />

Medical experts approved a miracle attributed to him on 14 November 2019. [[Pope Francis]] confirmed this miracle in a decree on 21 February 2020 which enables for Acutis to be beatified in Assisi sometime in 2020.<ref name="indian" />

Acutis will be beatified at the Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, October 10 at 4 P.M. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside. 

The current [[postulator]] for this cause is Dr. Francesca Consolini.

==References==
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<ref name="SEB">{{citeweb|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93910|title=Servant of God Carlo Acutis|date=|publisher=Santi e Beati|accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="AT">{{citeweb|url=https://aleteia.org/2016/12/03/computer-geek-takes-one-more-step-toward-sainthood/|title="Computer geek" takes one more step toward sainthood|date=3 December 2016|publisher=Aleteia|author=Philip Kosloski|accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="CN">{{citeweb|url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/italy_moved_by_teen_who_offers_life_for_the_church_and_the_pope/|title=Italy moved by teen who offers life for the Church and the Pope|date=24 October 2007|accessdate=6 May 2017| publisher=Catholic News Agency}}</ref>
<ref name="CS">{{citeweb|url=http://www.carloacutis.com/en/association/comunicati-postulatore|title=Cause of beatification starts!|date=2013|publisher=Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis|accessdate=31 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="indian">{{cite news|url = https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-02/pope-francis-decrees-causes-saints-india-devasahayam.html | title = Indian martyr, Devasahayam, cleared for sainthood | date = 22 February 2020 | first = Robin | last = Gomes | publisher = Vatican News}}</ref>
<ref name="0MBLl">{{citeweb|publisher=The Cardinal Newman Society|date=9 December 2016|title=Young Creator of 'Eucharistic Miracles' Exhibit Can Be Role Model for Students|author=Adam Cassandra}}</ref>
<ref name="293fI">{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicregister.org/item/22446-photo-exhibit-chronicles-the-miracles-of-the-eucharist|title=Photo exhibit chronicles the miracle of the Eucharist|author=Jean Ko Din|publisher=The Catholic Register|date=4 June 2016|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="kdu53">[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/venerable-carlo-acutis-a-patron-of-computer-programmers-69517 "Venerable Carlo Acutis: A patron of computer programmers?", Catholic News Agency, 6 July 2018]</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/2006.htm Hagiography Circle]
* [https://catholicsaints.info/carlo-acutis/ Saints SQPN]
* [http://www.carloacutis.com/en/association Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis]
* [http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html Eucharistic Miracles List (the one catalogued by Carlo)]

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