A nun holds a picture of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati on the day Pope Leo XIV leads the canonization Mass of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sept. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Matteo Minnella, Reuters)
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Pope Leo XIV gives a surprise pre-Mass greeting to the more than 80,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, ahead of the canonization Mass of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Sept. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)More than 80,000 people gather in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the canonization Mass of Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis celebrated by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)A woman holds a figure depicting Blessed Carlo Acutis on the day Pope Leo XIV leads the canonization Mass of Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 7, 2025. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)Pope Leo XIV reads the canonization formula declaring Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati saints during Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)Reliquaries containing the relics of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati stand at the foot of a statue of Mary during the canonization Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)“Dear friends, Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces,” Pope Leo XIV said in his homily for the canonization Mass of Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis held Sept. 7, 2025 in St. Peter’s Square. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)Pope Leo XIV receives the offertory gifts from Antonia Salzano, mother of St. Carlo Acutis, and her family during the canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. From left to right are Francesca Acutis, Salzano, Andrea Acutis and Michele Acutis. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing at the conclusion of Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the canonizations of Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from the popemobile after celebrating the canonization Mass of Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
