Pope Proclaims Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati Saints

Kristina Millare By Kristina Millare for CNA

September 7, 2025 Catholic News Agency News Briefs 2 Print

 

Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati / EWTN News

Vatican City, Sep 7, 2025 / 04:25 am (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as saints of the Church on Sunday, decreeing their veneration among the Catholic faithful.

The canonizations of the new saints, promulgated before a crowd of thousands in St. Peter’s Square, were the first of Leo’s pontificate.

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