Editorial photo #12721808 Religion and Belief

Pope Leo XIV Holds A Special Audience In St. Peter's Square

A faithful holds a portrait of the late Blessed Carlo Acutis, an adolescent who spends his life spreading his faith online, earning the moniker ''God's Influencer,'' during a Jubilee audience at Saint Peter's Square in The Vatican on September 6, 2025. An Italian teenager dubbed ''God's Influencer'' for his efforts to spread the Catholic faith online becomes the first Millennial saint on September 7, 2025, at a canonization attended by thousands of pilgrims. Computer whiz Carlo Acutis, who dies of leukemia in 2006 at age 15, is raised to sainthood by Pope Leo XIV in a solemn ceremony in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #12721808
Date taken: 6 September 2025
Location: —
Photographer: Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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