BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS A Saint in Sneakers By COURTNEY MARES

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How does a boy from Milan who only lived to the age of 15 become a global “influencer for God” more than a decade after he died? Discover the inspiring story of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be Beatified by the Catholic Church. Vatican journalist Courtney Mares traveled in the footsteps of Acutis in the Italian cities of Milan and Assisi to write this biography, which weaves storytelling with well-researched reporting to tell the inspiring story of a modern saint. Drawing on the testimonies of the numerous lives changed by Carlo, this paints a portrait of Carlo as seen through the eyes of his family, friends, teachers, and classmates. The book features a section on seven Eucharistic miracles, bringing you to Catholic pilgrimage sites in Europe that were photographed by Carlo for an exhibition that has traversed the globe. It also includes the story of the medical miracle attributed to Acutis’ intercession,the healing of a young boy in Brazil in 2013. Paperback.