Pilgrims in Italy flock to tomb of first millennial saint

A 600-Year-Old Masterpiece Gets Some Much-Needed Love

FLORENCE, Italy — When Steven Woloshin, an American doctor, first saw the 600-year-old fresco of a Crucifixion by Renaissance master Fra Angelico inside a cloistered convent in January last year, he was blown away.

Millennial saint draws masses to Italy church ahead of canonization

Pilgrims are pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized April…

Pilgrims in Italy flock to tomb of first millennial saint

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to become the first millennial saint.

Pilgrims In Italy Flock To Tomb Of First Millennial Saint

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to become the first millennial saint.

ASSISI, Italy — For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model of holiness: that of a teenager in Nike sneakers who built websites and coded for Christ. “I came to Assisi for Carlo,” said Anne-Sophie, a mother of three from France, speaking outside the Church of St. Mary Major in Assisi, where …