7/23/2023 0 Comments Call acutis diagnosticsIn my life I had only been to church three times: first communion, confirmation, marriage. Not because of us parents, write it down. It was right that he belonged to the universal Church. By notary act we wanted to donate the body to the bishop of Assisi. Francis in Assisi.ĭuring the reconnaissance of 2019. A beautiful paradox, because the heart, perfect, will now be exhibited in an ostensory in the papal basilica of St. We wanted to donate his organs, but it was not possible, they told us that they were compromised by the disease. At 5 p.m., brain was legally declared death on the morning of the 12 th. He went into a coma at 2pm on October 11, 2006, with a smile on his face. And he looked carefree at the sky.Īctually 5,640. On the desktop was a very short film that had been shot alone in Assisi three months before: “When I weigh 70 kilos, I am destined to die”. I turned on the PC, his favorite instrument. A few days after the funeral, at dawn I was awakened by a voice: “Testimony.” I poked in his room, I thought I’d find a script. And the same weight, what he predicted himself. He was still our big boy, 1.82 tall, just a little darker skin, with all his black, curly hair. When the canonical reconnaissance of the young servant of God was performed on 23 January 2019, his body was found intact. He held Billy in his arms.”īut there are many other signs that the Milanese student, already venerable from 2018, was proclaimed blessed by the Church on October 10 in Assisi, the last stop before becoming a saint. One day Aunt Joy, unaware of our agreement, phoned me: “Tonight in a dream I saw Carlo. Don’t you think it’s too much to associate the Assumption with the death of an animal? Antonia Salzano smiles indulgently, mother of Carlo Acutis, who was crushed at the age of 15 by a fulminating leukaemia in the short turn of 72 hours.īefore he left us, I said to him: if you find our four-legged friends in heaven, you’ll be with Billy, the dog of my childhood. Now she also runs and plays in the wonderful gardens of Paradise along with the other animals of Carlo that preceded her, the dogs Poldo, Stellina and Chiara, the cats Bambi and Cleopatra. Fans write on Facebook: Tonight, in the solemnity of the Holy Virgin Mary Assunta, Carlo came to take his dog Crumb of almost 17 years. Devotees of what is already called the patron saint of the Internet, at least 1 million on five continents, see its presence everywhere. Intercedes, save, heals, converts, appears. Interview by Stefano Lorenzetto to Carlo’s mother, Antonia Salzano, and published by Corriere The mother: “I tell you about the miracle” He was buried in Assisi and later from the cemetery is translated into the Shrine of Stripping: through a special embalming procedure he is exposed to the visit of pilgrims.ĭeclared venerable in 2008 he was beatified on Octoafter ascertaining at least one miracle, namely the healing of a Brazilian boy after touching the relics. After three years of research around Europe with parents the exhibition was ready and so well done that it was requested by dioceses all over the world.Ĭarlo’s dream was to become a priest, but unfortunately at the age of 15 he was crushed by lightning leukemia, and after having dedicated his life “to his friend Jesus” he returned to the Father’s house on 12 October 2006. Just a simple eye movement.” His faith was so engaging that he pushed the house-servant, a Hindu Brahmin, to convert to Christianity, affected precisely by “his deep faith, his charity and his purity”.Ĭarlo was also good at computer science because he was proclaimed patron of the web, and so after attending a presentation meeting of the Little Eucharistic Catechism decided to give life to an exhibition on Eucharistic miracles, to witness the true presence of Jesus in the host. Conversion is nothing more than moving your gaze from the bottom up. His life unfolded like that of all the boys of his age, but always characterized by his desire to help others and his joy, he said in fact “ Sadness is the gaze turned towards oneself, happiness is the gaze turned towards God. Carlo received the Eucharist on 16 June 1998, at a very young age, and remained a staple in his short life along with the daily mass he attended. Carlo, from an early age, expressed a particularly devoted disposition that, when he returned to Italy at the age of 7 he asked to receive the First Communion.Īn unusual request but which was accepted after he submitted it to Monsignor Pasquale Macchi who gave his blessing after questioning the boy, deeming him eligible. Carlo Acutis was born in London on to Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, Milanese temporarily in town for work.
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