Pope Leo XIV will canonise Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together on September 7, the Vatican has announced. Source: CNS.
Meeting with cardinals living in and visiting Rome for an ordinary public consistory on Friday, the Pope approved the new canonisation date for the two young blesseds and set October 19 as the date for the canonisation of Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea and six others.
The canonisation of Blessed Acutis, a teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and creating an online exhibition of Eucharistic miracles, had originally been scheduled for April 27 during the Jubilee of Teenagers. It was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.
Born in 1991 and raised in Milan, Blessed Acutis used his tech skills to evangelise and was noted for his joyful faith and compassion for others before dying of leukemia in 2006 at age 15.
Blessed Frassati, born in 1901 into a prominent family in Turin, Italy, was admired for his deep spirituality, love for the poor and enthusiasm for life. A member of the Dominican Third Order, he served the sick through the St Vincent de Paul Society. He died at age 24 after contracting polio, possibly from one of the people he assisted.
During the same consistory, Pope Leo also confirmed that seven other blesseds will be canonised on October 19. The group includes men and women from five countries, among them martyrs, founders of religious congregations, and laypeople recognised for their heroic virtue and service.
They are:
– Blessed Peter To Rot, a martyred lay catechist, husband and father from Papua New Guinea. Born in 1912, he was arrested in 1945 during the Japanese occupation in World War II and was killed by lethal injection while in prison.
– Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (1869-1915), the martyred Armenian Catholic archbishop of Mardin, which is in present-day Türkiye.
– Blessed Vincenza Maria Poloni (1802-1855), founder of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona.
– Blessed Maria Rendiles MartÃnez (1903-1977), the Venezuelan founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus.
– Blessed Maria Troncatti (1883-1969), a Salesian sister born in Italy who became a missionary in Ecuador.
– Blessed José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros (1864-1919) a Venezuelan doctor and Third Order Franciscan.
– Blessed Bartolo Longo (1841-1926), an Italian lawyer who converted to Catholicism, dedicating himself to charity and to building the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.
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Pope sets Sept. 7 for joint canonisation of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati (By Justin McLellan, CNS)
