Carlo Acutis, a boy from London who was born in 1991 is set to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first ever millennial saint.

Carlo succumbed to Leukaemia in 2006 when he was aged 15. Since his death, he has been known as informally as ‘God’s Influencer.’

Now, the Vatican has announced that Pope Francis has approved Carlo to become a saint.

The boy was born in London. His mother was Italian, while his father was half-English and half-Italian. The dad was working in the United Kingdom as a banker.

According to the boy’s mother, Antonia Salazo, Carlo had a habit of offering support to any of his classmates who were going through hardships in life. He would also defend disabled children from bullies and would feed homeless people all over his hometown.

His mother added that after his death a short period after being diagnosed with leukemia, Carlo said to his parents that he was happy to die without wasting even a single moment of it engaged in activities that would not be pleasing in the eyes of God.

In the catholic faith, adherents are told to pray to dead loved ones whom they believe are in heaven.

If they pray to a dead person and they get answered with a miracle, then the dead person can begin the process of becoming a saint.

The first step in this process is beatification. After beatification, the deceased person is given the title of ‘Blessed.’

Acutis became ‘Blessed’ in the year 2020 after the Vatican said that it was satisfied that he had saved another boy’s life through a miracle.

Statue of Carlo Acutis

According to claims by the Vatican, Acutis intervened from heaven in 2013 and cured a Brazilian boy who had been suffering from a rare ailment in his pancreas. After this apparent heavenly miracle, Acutis was beatified in the town of Assisi.

Assisi is the hometown of St Francis of Assisi, who is said to have dedicated his life to the care of the poor.

To become a saint, there has to be a second miracle. According to the Vatican, Acutis’ second miracle occurred in 2022. In the miracle, according to claims by Catholic officials, a 21-year-old girl from Costa Rica recovered from a severe brain injury after an accident.

According to reports, the injured woman by the name of Valeria Valverde underwent an emergency brain operation to reduce pressure after a cycling accident.

The doctors told her family that she was in a critical condition, prompting her mother to go pray at Acutis’ tomb.

According to the Catholic Church, that same day, the woman in a critical condition managed to breathe on her without assistance from machines. She later was able to start speaking again and also regained the use of her upper limbs.

Doctors conducted brain scans, which showed the swelling in her brain had disappeared miraculously. Ten days later, the completely healed woman was discharged from the hospital.

After the announcement, the Catholic faithful are now flocking to the boy’s tomb for prayers.