The Catholic Church is canonising the late Carlo Acutis, a tech-savvy youngster who died in 2006, and with it, usher in a new era of religion at a time when worship is on the decline, writes Peter Stanford

Computer whiz Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, will be raised to sainthood by Pope Leo XIV in a solemn ceremony in St Peter's Square

Carlo Acutis’ path to sainthood shows how the Church is trying to reach a new generation.