A 15-year-old British-born boy who learned to write internet code so he could create websites to spread his belief in the Catholic faith will be elevated to the sainthood on Sunday in Rome by Pope Leo XIV.

Tens of thousands of worshippers are expected to attend the ceremony for Carlo Acutis, who was born in London in 1991 but raised in Italy, The Independent says.

Carlo, who earned the nickname “God’s Influencer”, died of leukemia aged just 15 in 2006, and his mother said earlier this year that the interest in his story came from him being just like every other millennial teenager.

“Carlo was an ordinary child like (others). He used to play, have friends, and go to school. But his extraordinary quality was the fact that he opened the door of his heart to Jesus and put Jesus in the firs

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