SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Pope Leo XIV recently named a 15-year-old computer whiz as the Catholic Church's first-ever millennial saint who used technology to spread the faith and earned him the nickname, "God's influencer."

Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 from leukemia, was canonized during a Catholic Mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Sept. 7, in front of a mostly-millennial crowd that included couples with young children. • Watch the interview with Father Chris Bongato of St. Martin of Tours in La Mesa on Good Morning San Diego in the video player above

Acutis was born on May 3, 1991, in London but raised in Italy. Aside from actively practicing Catholicism, he enjoyed playing video games and had an interest in computers.

He earned the nickname, "God's influencer," after he built

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