• Saint Carlo Acutis – The Teen Who Clicked for Christ
      Celebrating His First Feast Day as a Canonized Saint

      On October 12, 2025, the Church celebrates the first feast day of Saint Carlo Acutis—the 15-year-old “influencer for God” who transformed his love for technology into a tool for evangelization.
      Before his death from leukemia in 2006, this ordinary, game-loving teen created an extraordinary online exhibit of Eucharistic miracles that continues to inspire millions. His legacy of faith, simplicity, and joy lives on through those he touched, from his own mother to his caregiver, both profoundly changed by his radiant belief that our life finds meaning when we look to heaven.
      Saint Carlo’s mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis, wrote a book about him, My Son Carlo, sharing ordinary and extraordinary stories of her son’s short life – a life that she learned so much from and a life that will now and forever influence others.
      “Carlo showed me how to spend my days in the light of eternity,” she wrote. “He taught me always to look toward heaven, toward the absolute, and not bent down toward the temporary, the relative.”
      It was St. Carlo who taught his male nanny Rajesh Mohur not only how to say the Rosary, but also about the Catholic Church. He happily shared his faith with his caregiver that Mohur converted from Hinduism to Catholicism within four years of knowing Saint Carlo.
      Carlo’s lessons on the Eucharist and Eucharistic miracles from around the world captivated Rajesh, whose father was a Hindu priest back home on a small island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
      Mohur would accompany Saint Carlo to daily Mass.
      Mohur is quoted saying, “‘His behavior changed when he was inside the church, with all respect. He knew that there was something different where Jesus lives. … That touched my heart … when I saw Carlo’s behavior.’’
      Saint Carlo never hesitated to share what he knew and learned about God, the Church, and the Eucharist, and he did so, so enthusiastically with great awe, explaining with great “sweetness” the impressed Mohur said.
      Because of Carlo, Mohur’s mother also became Catholic, after he taught her about Christ. He captivated her with the story of Our Lady of Lourdes, so much so, that Mohur’s mother visited Lourdes, France. When she returned, she was baptized.
      “He said that I would be happier if I drew close to Jesus,” Mohur said. “He electrified me with his faith, his charity, and his purity (And he was yet a child).”
      His caretaker spent a lot of time with Carlo, who loved his faith so much a conversation would some how circle back to God.
      “He talked always about the Eucharist, Jesus, how he suffered for us… sacrificed his life for us,” Mohur said.
      Another book about the life of Carlo was written by Vatican journalist Courney Mares. Her book, Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers, shares more from Mohur and others who witnessed the teen, after his death, become a global “influencer or God”.