The surprise announcement came at the conclusion of the pope’s weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square as Francis celebrated World Children’s Day.

Pope Francis has made history by declaring Carlo Acutis, a teenage web designer, the first millennial to be canonized as a saint. Acutis, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 15, was known for creating a website that documented Eucharistic miracles around the world,

Known as "God's influencer," Carlo Acutis used his natural tech talent to create a website to catalog miracles and ran websites for local Catholic organizations.