The Comprehensive Biography

Since 2015, Marie and Jean-Baptiste Maillard have devoted them-selves to the Lights in the Dark association, sharing Carlo’s spiritual vision.They honor his legacy through miraclesdecarlo.com, curate his exhibition of Eucharistic miracle son YouTube,and in 2018 established the Carlo Acutis Invisible Monastery—a digital sanctuary offering prayers for those they encounter online. They sat down with Carlo’s mother and others to write this beautiful, indepth biography of the young saint.

Foreword by Antonia Salzano Acutis, Carlo’s mother

“Our presence on this planet Earth hasmeaning,” Carlo Acutis said, and thisbook invites you to listen more deeplyto your own calling. Carlo was a sweet,generous boy, a millennial, whose love for God and his fellow man was so strong he has already been recognized as a saint.

Though his life was cut short by leuke- mia at just fifteen, he used his time to inspire others, showing them that true faith is something timeless, precious and powerful.

Carlo grew up in Italy, a regular kid who played video games and engaged with the internet, loved sports and ice cream. But he also loved ancient cathedrals and the abundant tradition of Catholic faith.

Most of all he loved God.

In these pages, follow Carlo’s path, explore his reflections, prayers andmiracles, and find out how you, too, canshine like a brilliant star in this worldthat needs you. You may even aspire to become a saint yourself. As Carlo would say, “Why not?”

• Carlo’s life told in detail and with many stories and anecdotes.
• Carlo’s Holiness Kit
• Carlo’s prayers, meditations and catechesis
• Evocation by the Pope
• Homily
• Photos, original Italian drawings and pictures of Catholic traditional images on every page.