
Inspired by Acutis and Frassati: ‘You don’t have to be perfect to be a saint’
Students from the University of Dallas’ Rome semester (left to right: Thomas DeReuil, Eugene Keating, and Jonathan Tindall) attended the canonization of Carlo Acutis and

Students from the University of Dallas’ Rome semester (left to right: Thomas DeReuil, Eugene Keating, and Jonathan Tindall) attended the canonization of Carlo Acutis and

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 8, 2025 / 14:13 pm (CNA). Pope Leo

A statue of Pope Gregory I, also known as St. Gregory the Great, with his famous Catholic iconography of a dove sitting on his shoulder,

Pope Leo XIV greets Italian singer Andrea Bocelli at the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ecological village at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sept. 5, 2025.

Britain’s King Charles III (right); Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison (left); Daniel Joyce (back left), Newman archivist and librarian, Birmingham Oratory; and Father Anton Guziel (back

People attend a vigil at Lynnhurst Park to mourn the dead and pray for the wounded after a gunman opened fire on students at Annunciation

Pope Leo canonizes Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican

Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News Vatican City, Sep 7, 2025 / 05:38 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier

Carlo Acutis. / Credit: carloacutis.com ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 6, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Domenico Sorrentino, the bishop of Assisi, Italy, where the remains

Timothée Croux, a young seminarian from the French Diocese of Meaux, has written a book about Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News ACI

Pope Leo XIV addresses a crowd during a jubilee audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians took place on Sept. 6, 2025, in Rome during the 2025

The Duke and Duchess of Kent stand on a balcony at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness

A view of damaged houses in the Annalee Street area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland. A spokesman for the Diocese of Down and Connor strongly

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 6, 2025 / 05:00

“Carlo Acutis, God’s Influencer” brings to life the story of the Church’s first millennial saint who used his passion for technology and the internet to

null / Credit: maxuser/Shutterstock London, England, Sep 5, 2025 / 16:36 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church’s voice is vital in the global dialogue concerning the

Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, officially inaugurated the Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo with a liturgical celebration highlighting the “vocation” of

Pope Francis with the king and queen of Belgium during his visit to the country in 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff,

“Carlo Acutis, God’s Influencer” brings to life the story of the Church’s first millennial saint who used his passion for technology and the internet to

Pope Leo XIV meets young adults from the Mediterranean Youth Council in the Hall of the Consistory in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 5,

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Sep 5, 2025 / 07:00

Sister Miranda Moltedo was the principal of Carlo’s elementary school when he was a student. / Credit: EWTN News Rome Newsroom, Sep 4, 2025 /