(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A religious exhibit created by Carlo Acutis, a late teenager who is on the path to sainthood, will be on display through Monday at a southwest suburban church.
Acutis, of Italy, was only 15 when he died of leukemia in 2006.
Before his death, the self-taught web designer created a database documenting miracles recognized by the Catholic Church. That's one of the reasons some people call him the patron saint of the internet.
Acutis’ database was the basis of the Vatican Eucharistic Miracles Photographic Exhibit, which recounts 158 miraculous occurrences from 22 countries.
St. Jude, a Catholic church in New Lenox, Ill., is hosting the exhibit.
Acutis was beatified by the Vatican in 2020 because the Catholic Church attributed miracles to him that occurred after his death.
Beatification brought Acutis one step closer to sainthood.
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