For the first time since the beatification which took place last Saturday, the Church celebrates on October 12 the liturgical memory of Carlo Acutis, who used the Internet to teach the world about love for the Eucharist. Fortunato Ammendolia, computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert: "he has left us a great teaching as a gift: using the internet in an ethical sense"
The life of this fifteen-year-old shows that following the path of holiness is possible especially when one is young and determined "not to find gratification only in ephemeral successes, but - underlines Cardinal Vallini - in the perennial values that Jesus suggests in the Gospel, that is : putting God first, in the large and small circumstances of life, and serving our brothers, especially the least."
The beatification of Carlo Acutis, son of the land of Lombardy, and in love with the land of Francis of Assisi, is good news, a strong announcement that a boy of our time, one like many, has been conquered by Christ and has become a beacon of light for those who want to know him and follow his example.
Witness to a faith that immerses us completely in life, showing us the path we can follow as Carlo did because only on that path can our life "shine with light and hope".
Carlo Acutis also leaves a legacy to all the world's computer scientists and young digital natives. A real compass to follow scrupulously: “Pope Francis – explains Fortunato Ammendolia – presenting him as a model of holiness in the digital age, inPost-synodal encyclical Christus vivit, writes that Carlo knew very well that the mechanisms of communication and social networks can be used to make us sleepy subjects. However, he knew how to use them to convey the beauty of the Gospel. Well, I like to read this sentence as an invitation to ethical use of the internet."