The canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis has been postponed following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Source: CNA.
“Following the death of Supreme Pontiff Francis, notice is hereby given that the Eucharistic celebration and Rite of Canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, scheduled for April 27, 2025, [The Second] Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Adolescents, is suspended,” the Holy See Press Office said in a statement yesterday.
More than 80,000 teenagers were expected to gather in Rome for the canonisation amid the Vatican’s Jubilee of Teenagers, according to the Dicastery for Evangelisation, with young people registered from Australia, the United States, Brazil, India, Spain, Portugal, France, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Germany, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, and Nigeria.
News of Pope Francis’ death broke as pilgrims were beginning to arrive for the planned canonisation, including a group of students from St Joachim Parish in Sydney.
A Mass for the Jubilee of Teenagers is still expected to go ahead, according to the Associated Press.
Blessed Carlo, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15, is known for his devotion to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Born in 1991 in London and raised in Milan, he is the first millennial to be beatified by the Church.
The Vatican has not yet given an alternative date for the canonisation. The Church’s Jubilee of Youth will take place in Rome from July 28 to August 3, during which another beloved young person, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, will be canonised.
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Vatican postpones Carlo Acutis canonisation following Pope Francis’ death (By Courtney Mares, CNA)
