I was called to serve, to find ways to help the less fortunate and to donate to those who don’t want to live, he said. In the months before his death, Carlo used his self-taught digital skills to create a website that archived thousands of people. He also liked playing football and video games.
After his death, Acutis told the Times that people around the world had spoken of thousands of doctors, including infertility and cancer treatments, who had shown up after meeting her son.
“Carlo was the brilliant answer to the dark side of the web,” his mother said, adding that some admirers had called him an “influential de Dios.”
Carlo’s life “can serve to show how the internet can be used to do good, to spread good things”, added Acutis.
Charles’ process of canonization began in 2020, after the diocese of Asís, where his family had properties, urged the Vatican to recognize him as a saint.