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It’s not often that we get to hear the mothers and fathers of saints open up about their children. Blessed Carlo Acutis, who lived from 1991-2006, was beatified in 2020. Known for his love of video games and his skill with computers, he lived a life marked by solicitous care of the poor and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
In a newly published memoir, his mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis, shares for the first time the intimate, private moments of her son’s life, including his final days in vivid detail. Blessed Carlo died from leukemia at the age of 15. In her own words, Antonia tells stories and memories as a mother who lost her son too early but was forever shaped by his remarkable life.
The following is an excerpt from the newly published memoir, “My Son Carlo: Carlo Acutis Through the Eyes of His Mother” (OSV, $27.99, pp. 240):
His relationship with Jesus changed me
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In a newly published memoir, his mother, Antonia Salzano Acutis, shares for the first time the intimate, private moments of her son’s life, including his final days in vivid detail. Blessed Carlo died from leukemia at the age of 15. In her own words, Antonia tells stories and memories as a mother who lost her son too early but was forever shaped by his remarkable life.
The following is an excerpt from the newly published memoir, “My Son Carlo: Carlo Acutis Through the Eyes of His Mother” (OSV, $27.99, pp. 240):
His relationship with Jesus changed me
Continued below.
How Blessed Carlo Acutis changed his mother's life forever
Antonia Salzano Acutis opens up in new book about Bl. Carlo
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