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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assisi, Italy – 1 March 2025
1. Various nuns at the tomb of Carlo Acutis looking at his embalmed body and taking pictures
2. Wide of pilgrims walking towards church of St. Mary Major where Acutis tomb is located
3. Nuns walk towards the entrance to the church
4. Pilgrims stopping by Acutis tomb and woman touching protective glass
5. Priest holding Mass in church of St. Mary Major
6. Child crosses himself in front of tomb of Acutis
7. Pilgrims taking leaflets from display in church
8. Pilgrims by tomb of Acutis crossing themselves
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sabina Falcetta, pilgrim visiting the tomb of Carlo Acutis:
"Carlo Acutis gives us peace. Most importantly he gives us the certainty that God is a good father.”
10. Close of Falcetta holding rosary
11. Various of statue of Carlo Acutis helping Christ on the cross
12. Various of figures and magnets of Acutis on sale in store
13. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Antonia Salzano, mother of Carlo Acutis:
"Carlo wasn’t an alien; he was a normal person. But if it’s illuminated by the light of Christ, a life becomes extraordinary. We always pray to the saints, and in the end, what did saints do? They opened the doors of their lives to Christ. Because a saint is born like the rest of us, we are all original when we are born. As Carlo said, many die as photocopies, and a saint is the one who does not die as a photocopy, one who carried forth his plan of sainthood which God, from all eternity, planned for each of us, something which we should all do.”
14. Pilgrims by church
15. Zoom in on heart-shaped pictures of Acutis in store
16. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Father Enzo Fortunato, president of the Pontifical Committee on World Children’s Day:
"There are many similarities with St. Francis. To begin with, St. Francis left the churches and went to the squares to preach. Carlo Acutis prophetically realized that today the public squares are online, on the web, that’s where youth are, that’s where people are, so he lives and brings the Gospel to those squares. That’s one of the reasons why he will become the patron of the web, the internet and social media.”
17. Statue of St. Francis in store
18. Pilgrims posing for picture in front of Basilica of St. Francis
19. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Mario Girardi, 13, pilgrim in Assisi:
"His story says he was a boy, only two or three years older than me, who spoke with everyone, didn’t judge people, but helped everyone.”
20. Interior of the upper Basilica of St. Francis
21. Painting of Christ in the upper basilica
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Italy, Assisi – 21 February 2025
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22. Basilica of St. Francis
STORYLINE:
Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest – Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized in a month on April 27.
Acutis, who was born to Italian parents in London, died of leukaemia in Italy in 2006 at the age of 15.
Francis beatified him in 2020 in Assisi, where his tomb draws a steady stream of pilgrims, and he will be the youngest contemporary figure to be canonized.
Touted as the “patron saint of the internet,” Acutis used his natural tech talent to create a website to catalogue miracles and took care of websites for some local Catholic organizations.
Acutis was buried in Assisi at his own requests, having become an admirer of St. Francis of Assisi for his dedication to the poor.
The Umbrian town was one of his favourite travel destinations.
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