St. Carlo Acutis & St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Will be canonized Saints this Sunday by Pope Leo XIV.

Blessed Carlo Acutis: Carlo Acutis was born May 3, 1991, in London,  He was diagnosed with leukaemia as a teenager. Before his death in 2006, he offered his sufferings for Pope Benedict XVI and for the Church, saying: “I offer all of my suffering to the Lord for the pope and for the Church in order not to go to purgatory but to go straight to heaven.” From a young age, Carlo had a special love for God  loved to pray the rosary. After he made his First Communion, he went to Mass as often as possible. Carlo’s love for the Eucharist also inspired a deep conversion for his mother. Carlo’s witness of faith as a child led adults to convert and be baptized. He wasn’t afraid to defend Church teaching, even in situations when his classmates disagreed with him. Carlo was a faithful friend. He was known for standing up for kids at school who got bullied, especially kids with disabilities. Carlo was fascinated with computer coding and taught himself some of the basic coding languages. He used his computer skills and internet savvy to help his family put together an exhibition on Eucharistic miracles that has gone on to be displayed at thousands of parishes on five continents. Carlo loved playing video games. He died on Oct. 12, 2006, and was buried in Assisi. The first miracle that led to his beatification involved the healing of a 3-year-old boy in Brazil in 2013 who had been diagnosed with a malformation of his pancreas since birth.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: Born on Holy Saturday, April 6, 1901, Frassati was the son of the founder and director of the Italian newspaper La Stampa. At the age of 17, he joined the St. Vincent de Paul Society and dedicated much of his spare time to taking care of the poor, the homeless, and the sick as well as demobilized servicemen returning from World War I. Frassati was also involved in the Apostleship of Prayer and Catholic Action. He obtained permission to receive daily Communion. On a photograph of what would be his last climb, Frassati wrote the phrase, “Verso L’Alto,” which means “to the heights.” This phrase has become a motto for Catholics inspired by Frassati to strive for the summit of eternal life with Christ. Frassati died of polio on July 4, 1925.  Pope John Paul II, who beatified Frassati in 1990, called him a “man of the Eight Beatitudes,” describing him as “entirely immersed in the mystery of God and totally dedicated to the constant service of his neighbour.”