Pope Leo XIV has revealed that the Catholic Church's first 'millennial-era saint' Carlo Acutis will be canonised on September 7.
Earlier this month, the Pope held his first ordinary public consistory since being elected in May, in which he formally approved the canonisations of eight saints
Acutis' beatification was originally scheduled for April 27, but was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.
London-born Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006 from leukemia.
He has become enormously popular among young Catholics who have been flocking to his tomb in Assisi, which has become a pilgrimage site.
