{"id":46166,"date":"2020-10-12T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2020\/10\/12\/this-was-the-beatification-of-carlo-acutis\/"},"modified":"2020-10-12T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:33:00","slug":"this-was-the-beatification-of-carlo-acutis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2020\/10\/12\/this-was-the-beatification-of-carlo-acutis\/","title":{"rendered":"This was the beatification of Carlo Acutis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the same basilica that holds the remains of St. Francis, Italy's most well-known saint, Carlo Acutis became the first millennial to be beatified.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMay the venerable Servant of God Carlo Acutis, layman... From now on, may he be called Blessed.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His parents and siblings were in the front row at the ceremony.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the new Blessed's parents accompanied the relic with Carlo Acutis' heart all the way to the altar. Now it will be carried around the world.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Outside the basilica, in various squares in Assisi, thousands of people followed the ceremony. Of course, they wore masks and respected safety distances.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beatification is the step before canonization. It allows Carlo Acutis to be venerated almost like a saint, but only in the city of Assisi. There, his feast day will be celebrated every Oct. 12.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be declared a saint, another miracle, taking place after this ceremony, must be attributed to his intercession.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Devotion to Carlo Acutis is widespread.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The virtual exhibition that he designed on Eucharistic miracles has led to the conversion of thousands of people.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many others have traveled to Assisi to pray before his remains.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>JMB<br \/>\n Translation: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 12, 2020. Today, Oct. 12, his feast day in Assisi is celebrated for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SjgPDfI_6QI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbeatificazionecarloacutiseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbeatificazionecarloacutisint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}