First Millennial Saint

First Millennial Saint

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Perception of Time, First Millennial Saint, Spirituals

Episode: Perception of Time, First Millennial Saint, Spirituals

  • Mar 26, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 20:58 mins

An Italian teenager who died in 2006 is under consideration to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. That, plus the fact that Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukemia, would make him unusual in the canon of Catholic saints. Matthew Schmalz is a Religious studies professor from College of the Holy Cross and founding editor of the Journal of Global Catholicism. (Originally Aired: Jul 29, 2020) (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)