Pier Giorgio Frassati

  • Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati are to be Canonised on 7 September 2025. Images: Wikimedia Commons.

    Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonised together

    13/06/2025
    Pope Leo XIV held the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate on Friday morning, with Cardinals giving their formal approval for the canonizations of eight Blesseds. During the ceremony, the Holy Father announced that Bd Pier Giorgio Frassati and Bd Carlo Acutis will be canonized together on 7...

  • Western Sydney’s connection to the soon-to-be saints 

    04/12/2024
    Pope Francis made a surprise announcement at his General Assembly on 20 November 2024 (World Children’s Day) that two young and inspiring Catholics – Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati – would be canonised during the Jubilee Year of 2025.  ...