Canonization for an Italian teenager who was supposed to become The first millennial holidays was delayed at least one week after Pope Francis' death.
The 88-year-old Pontiff died on Monday after 12 years as a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican He announced that the canonization of Karl Akutis would be the following Sunday on St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the anniversary celebration of adolescents.
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Akutis died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. He was born in London in wealthy Italian parents, he grew up in Milan, where he ruled the site for his parish, and then with the Vatican Academy. He also used his computer skills to create the Internet baza data of the Eucharistic Wonders worldwide.
His path to holy sorrow began more than 10 years ago at the initiative of a group of priests and friends, and officially flew shortly after Francis started his papacy in 2013.
In 2018, Akutis was named “dear” after the church recognized its virtuous life, and its body – in sneakers, jeans and hoodies – was taken to the shrine in the St.Della Souliozion in Assisi, Italy. It was the main site related to the life of St. Francis.
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The teenager was declared “blessed” or treadmill – the first step to the holidays – in 2020 after he was attributed to one miracle. In this miracle, the acutis is attributed to the healing of the Brazilian baby a congenital disease that affects his pancreas.
The second miracle was attributed to Akutis in May 2024. It was linked to the healing of a university student in Florence, who crooked the brain after a head in a bicycle accident.
Francis and cardinals living in Rome have officially approved their canonization in July 2024.
In the moon, which led to the expected canonization, the believers flocked into the assisi.