Saint Carlo Acutis was an Italian teenager who employed modern technology to foster devotion to the Eucharist. Despite dying at the age of 15, he devoted his short life to using his computing skills to document Eucharistic miracles and promote the Catholic faith.

The church’s sainthood process normally requires that candidates have two miracles attributed to them, with each reported supernatural occurrence requiring in-depth examination. In May, a second miracle attributed to Acutis was recognized by Pope Francis, a decision that paved the way for the teen to be declared a saint.

The Miracle involves a 21-year-old girl from Costa Rica named Valeria Valverde who was near death after seriously injuring her head in a bicycle accident.

After the girl underwent an emergency craniotomy to reduce intracranial pressure, the family was told that her situation was very critical and that she could die at any moment.

Six days after the accident Valeria’s mother went on a pilgrimage to Assisi to pray for the healing of her daughter at the tomb of Carlo Acutis leaving a written note. On the same day Valeria began to breath on her own and she recovered the use of her upper limbs and partly recovered her speech.

She underwent a CT scan and further tests that showed that the hemorrhagic right temporal cortical contusion in her brain had completely disappeared.

Valeria spent only one week in her physical therapy and two months after her accident she went on a pilgrimage to Carlo Acuti’s tomb in Assisi with her mother to celebrate her complete healing.

Saint Carlo Acutis, Pray for Us!

Source: Fear Not