This teenager could be the first "millennial" saint 1:00
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A teenage "computer genius" could be on his way to being a saint after being beatified by the Catholic Church.
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 when he was 15 years old, was beatified this Saturday in the town of Assisi, Italy.
Beatification is the penultimate step in the process of holiness.
It means that the candidate can be called "blessed" and that a miracle has been confirmed in his name.
A procession goes through the streets of Assisi, Italy, before the beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis, 15 years old.
Another miracle is required for canonization, the formal act in which someone is declared a saint.
The teenager used his taste for technology to create a website that spread the story of Eucharistic miracles.
The page has been used by more than 10,000 parishes around the world, according to the Vatican.
According to the Vatican, Acutis was religious from a young age, despite the fact that his mother had only attended Mass "three times ... in her life."
The Vatican announced that Acutis would be beatified following claims that he cured a Brazilian boy suffering from a rare disease through intercession.
Acutis was born in London to Italian parents before the family moved to Milan, where he lived until his death, the Vatican said.
Acutis, described by the Vatican as a "computer genius with a love for the Eucharist," is considered the youngest contemporary person to have been beatified.
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