Did y'all know we're getting an Italian teenager techbro saint? (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Neither of his parents were religious.

Are Catholics Mormons now?

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The Wiki page pissed me off. I just wanted to know what miracles he's supposed to have done. I used the quote tag but I had to rewrite everything to be easier to read. Sheesh.

Who is Carlos Acutis? Pope accepts second miracle - Deseret News

Since his death, the pope has recognized two miraculous healings that were attributed to him. The Washington Post reported that “In 2020, the church recognized his first miracle, involving a Brazilian boy who was allegedly healed from a pancreatic birth defect after his mother prayed to Acutis.”

“The second miracle, announced Thursday, reportedly involved a woman from Costa Rica who in 2022 prayed at Acutis’s tomb in Assisi, Italy, after her daughter fell from her bicycle, suffering severe head trauma that doctors said she was not likely to survive,” noting that the girl’s hemorrhage then disappeared.

[-] oregoncom@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

wait why were they praying to some random kid before he became a saint?

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Most likely, post factum inventing reason for church politics or pope whim. Officially, church often beatifies people as preparation to sainthood so this gives a hint to faithful "this person can now be legally object of idolatry" and to fabricate miracles.