During an open-air Mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope canonised ‘God’s influencer’ Acutis, who died from leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15.

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.