Two teenagers on way to canonisation

Monday, July 9th, 2018

Two teenagers who heroically lived the Christian virtues have had their Causes for canonisation advanced by Pope Francis.

They are:
Alexia González-Barros, who offered her sufferings from a malignant tumour for the Church
Carlo Acutis, who used his computer skills to catalogue Eucharistic miracles around the world. Read more

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