More than 200 people attended Mass July 15 at St. Hedwig Church of Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish with Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, archbishop of Assisi, Italy, to hear about the parish patron and venerate a relic of tissue from his heart. Acutis was a deeply devout teen who taught himself coding, and he created a website documenting eucharistic miracles. Through this action, he captured global attention for his joyful faith and digital evangelization and has been widely embraced by young Catholics around the world.
The archdiocesan parish is the only one in North America named for the teen, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. Pope Leo XIV will canonize Acutis in Rome on Sept. 7.
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Full article by Joyce Duriga/Chicago Catholic at https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2025/07/23/archbishop-from-assisi-brings-carlo-acutis-relic-to-chica-1
