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The Catholic Church will soon get its first millennial saint, an Italian teenager who designed websites for the church, Pope Francis announced Wednesday.

Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old who died of leukemia in 2006, will be canonized in April next year, the pope said at his weekly audience in the Vatican. Acutis was beatified in 2020 after a miracle was formally attributed to him, one of the last steps in the lengthy process to sainthood, with a second miracle recognized in May.

The teen, who has been nicknamed “God’s influencer,” was a devout Catholic and used his computer coding skills to create a website chronicling Catholic miracles and apparitions. His wax-encased body, wearing jeans and Nike sneakers, is displayed in a tomb in the Italian town of Assisi and draws thousands of pilgrims each year.

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