Pope Leo XIV canonized the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint over the weekend, a teen computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15 and had used technology to spread his faith, earning him the nickname “God’s influencer,” according to The Associated Press.

Some 80,000 worshippers filled St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday to see the canonization of Carlo Acutis, including many millennials and young children with their parents, The Washington Post reported. Pope Leo also canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young Italian who died in 1925 at age 24.

Acutis’s ascent to sainthood is being called one of the fastest in modern history, and comes at a time when many younger generations, from Gen Z to millennials, struggle to connect with the church. For some, Acutis, who was tech-sa

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