Overview
- The canonization is scheduled for Sunday in St. Peter’s Square and is expected to draw thousands.
- The Vatican attributed two healings to Acutis’s intercession, including a 2022 recovery of a Costa Rican student and a 2020 case involving a Brazilian boy.
- Pope Francis approved the cause in July 2024, clearing the final step toward sainthood.
- Known for his digital evangelization, the 15-year-old web designer catalogued Eucharistic miracles and his body lies on display in Assisi.
- Relics such as slivers of heart lining and strands of hair have been prepared and distributed, with reliquaries crafted by Vatican-trusted expert Antonino Cottone.