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Who is Carlo Acutis, the computer prodigy who died at 15 and is to be first millennial saint?

Pope Francis has attributed two miracles to the London-born teenager, who built websites for church and died of leukaemiaHe was a London-born teenager with leukaemia who spread his faith by building websites, later gaining the moniker “God’s influencer”.And now Carlo Acutis, a computer prodigy who died at the age of 15 in 2006, will become the first millennial canonised by the Catholic church next week, in St Peter’s Square. Continue reading...

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