Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass on Sunday (Sept. 7), declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose devotion to the Eucharist nourished a deep involvement in the cultures of their day.
Pier Giorgio Frassati was born April 6, 1901, in Turin and died there July 4, 1925, of polio at the age of 24. Carlo Acutis was born to Italian parents May 3, 1991, in London and died in Monza, Italy, Oct. 12, 2006, of leukemia at the age of 15.
This morning, as our Diocesan pilgrims in Rome prepared to depart the city for Assisi, Bishop Bambera wanted to share these photos with you of Frassati and Acutis that are now hanging in St. Peter’s Square.
