Cardinal Parolin on St. Carlo Acutis
According to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, many people are "touched by his smile" when they see a photo of St. Carlo Acutis.
Carlo spoke of Jesus above all with his radiant, luminous, and smiling face. Paul’s exhortation: ‘Rejoice in the Lord always,’”
Cardinal Parolin said this in his homily at a Mass marking the first liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis, who was canonized by Pope Francis on October 10, 2020, but the article mistakenly says Pope Leo XIV on September 7. The Mass was celebrated on October 12 at Mary Major Church in Assisi at the Shrine of the Renunciation.
St. Carlo Acutis died in 2006 of fulminant leukemia at the age of 15 and his body rests in a glass case on the side of the nave of the church.
Author's summary: Cardinal Parolin reflects on St. Carlo Acutis' smile.