Cardinal Parolin on St. Carlo Acutis
According to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, many people are "touched by his smile" when they see a photo of St. Carlo Acutis.
In a Mass marking the first liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis, Cardinal Parolin said the saint spoke of Jesus with a "radiant" and "smiling" face.
Carlo spoke of Jesus above all with his radiant, luminous, and smiling face. Paul’s exhortation: ‘Rejoice in the Lord always,’
Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of fulminant leukemia at the age of 15, is buried at the Mary Major Church in Assisi.
- Canonized by Pope Francis on October 10, 2020, but mistakenly referred to as Pope Leo XIV.
- Rests in a glass case on the side of the nave of the church.
Author's summary: St. Carlo Acutis inspires with his smile.