Pope Francis formally approves canonization of first-ever millennial saint, teen Carlo Acutis

Rome — A 15-year-old Italian web designer is set to become the Catholic Church's first saint from the millennial generation. On Monday, in a ceremony called an Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope Francis and the cardinals residing in Rome formally approved the canonization of Carlo Acutis, along with 14 others. 

No specific date has been set for the canonization of Acutis, who was dubbed "God's Influencer" for his work spreading Catholicism online, but he's likely to be proclaimed a saint in 2025.

Monday's consistory was merely a formality, as Acutis' cause for sainthood had already been thoroughly examined and approved by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints. The initial announcement came in May.