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A backpack on his back, a laptop under his arm, a camera in his hands, and Jesus in his heart. An example of a modern halo guy is Carlo Acutis (March 5, 1991 \u2013 October 12, 2006), who is worth following. He was supposed to be canonized on Sunday, April 27, but the canonization was postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Carlo Acutis was a normal boy – straightforward, spontaneous, and likable, look at his photo. He loved nature and animals, played football, and had many friends among his peers.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He was attracted to modern means of communication and was an enthusiast of computer science. As a self-taught artist, he created programs to transmit the gospel and communicate values and beauty. He had the gift of attracting and was seen as a role model.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He attended Mass every day and stayed in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for a long time. Carlo used to say: \u201e Go straight to paradise if the Eucharist is approached every day!\u201c<\/span><\/h2>\n

Excerpts are from a homily by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, delivered at the beatification ceremony of Carlo Acutis on 10 October 2020 in Assisi.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201eCarlo Acutis is very easy to follow in a sense. He didn’t do anything that each of us couldn’t,\u201c says priest, university teacher Martin Majda.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201e When we compare him with Padre Pio, who had supernatural gifts that man does not normally have, we might think that holiness is unattainable. But we can all imitate Carl’s example, both the elderly and the youth.\u201c<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The canonization of the Eucharistic pilgrim in the jubilee year, with the motto<\/span>\u00a0Pilgrims of Hope,<\/em> is incredibly apt.<\/span>\u00a0Although Carlo did not live to see the 2025 Jubilee, he was an exemplary pilgrim of hope during his fifteen years.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201e He grated it from the benevolent Lord God and continued to give it. At home in the family, at school, to friends, to the poor \u2013 to everyone he met,\u201c emphasizes Martin Majda.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201eHe was sure that God was good and would forgive us; that we should not be sad when sins trouble us. Nor are we to fall into hopelessness and despair when the test of sickness and death comes. In all this, Jesus shines for us and brings light to these realities. Carlo was aware of this and encouraged this hope.\u201c<\/span><\/h2>\n
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