"God's Influencer"

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6 September 2025

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.

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7 April 2025

People gather outside the Mariamman Hindu Temple in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 7, 2025. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Mariamman, is known for its colorful South Indian architecture and serves as a spiritual center for the local Hindu community.

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7 April 2025

The entrance of Subramaniam Swamy Temple features a statue of Hindu deities above the main doorway in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 6, 2025. The temple serves as a place of worship for the local Tamil Hindu community and is located on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street.

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19 October 2020

(EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) Thai devotees are possessed by spirits and pierced with long needles during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. The annual Phuket vegetarian Festival will be held from October 17th to 25th. Also known as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, devotees participating in the festival abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol, and there to other requirements during the duration of the festival. Spirit mediums known as man song are believed to become possessed with benevolent spirits, going into a trace and taking part in extreme acts of piercing in their faces. These acts are meant to drive away evil influence from their communities and bring good luck. (Photo Adryel Talamantes/NurPhoto)

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19 October 2020

Thai devotees march through town during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. The annual Phuket vegetarian Festival will be held from October 17th to 25th. Also known as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, devotees participating in the festival abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol, and there to other requirements during the duration of the festival. Spirit mediums known as man song are believed to become possessed with benevolent spirits, going into a trace and taking part in extreme acts of piercing in their faces. These acts are meant to drive away evil influence from their communities and bring good luck. (Photo Adryel Talamantes/NurPhoto)

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19 October 2020

Thai devotees march through town during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. The annual Phuket vegetarian Festival will be held from October 17th to 25th. Also known as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, devotees participating in the festival abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol, and there to other requirements during the duration of the festival. Spirit mediums known as man song are believed to become possessed with benevolent spirits, going into a trace and taking part in extreme acts of piercing in their faces. These acts are meant to drive away evil influence from their communities and bring good luck. (Photo Adryel Talamantes/NurPhoto)

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19 October 2020

(EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) Thai devotees are possessed by spirits and pierced with long needles during a Vegetarian ritual at the Sapam Shrine on October 19, 2020 in Phuket, Thailand. The annual Phuket vegetarian Festival will be held from October 17th to 25th. Also known as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, devotees participating in the festival abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol, and there to other requirements during the duration of the festival. Spirit mediums known as man song are believed to become possessed with benevolent spirits, going into a trace and taking part in extreme acts of piercing in their faces. These acts are meant to drive away evil influence from their communities and bring good luck. (Photo Adryel Talamantes/NurPhoto)

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29 October 2018

Main shrine in the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddhas in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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29 October 2018

Buddha in the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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8 January 2017

Statue of Master Hsing Yun the main shrine at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This Chinese Buddhist temple was founded by Master Hsing Yun and has been a place for Buddhists to foster and cultivate their wisdom as well as for Chinese immigrants to enhance their spiritual affections.

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