Pope to canonize Acutis and Frassati · New saints for young people to imitate

POPE FRANCIS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL CANONIZE Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world meeting on the rights of the child Feb. 3.

The Pope will canonize Blessed Acutis April 27, during the Jubilee for Adolescents in Rome April 25-27 and Blessed Frassati during the Jubilee of Young People in Rome July 28-Aug. 3.
The Pope made the announcement during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Nov. 20, which is World Children's Day.

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BISHOP DAVID M. O'CONNELL, C.M., HAS SHARED THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWING THE NEWS OF THE CANONIZATIONS OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS AND BLESSED PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI.
Our Holy Father Pope Francis has given the youth and young adults of the Church two great gifts for the upcoming Holy Year: the canonizations of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics who were recognized during their lifetimes for extraordinary faith and holiness. 

Pope Francis announced this good news after his Wednesday audience, Nov. 20.  While their faith, holiness and witness were “extraordinary” for their ages, their everyday lives were fairly “ordinary” and easily relatable for young people in our time. 

Read more about Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati HERE.