VATICAN CITY (AP) — A 15-year-old computer whiz, Carlo Acutis , is being declared the first millennial saint Sunday. Acutis, who died in 2006 after an acute case of leukemia, has been dubbed “God’s Influencer” because of his savvy use of information technology to spread the Catholic faith. It will be in Pope Leo XIV’s first canonization ceremony.

An ordinary life that became extraordinary

Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in London to a wealthy, but not particularly observant Catholic family. His Italian parents, Antonia Salzano and Andrea Acutis, had moved to London from Italy in 1988 when his father was appointed corporate finance executive at Lazard Brothers & C. Ltd.

The family moved back to Milan soon after young Carlo was born. According to Salzano, Carlo had a normal, happy chil

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