Carlo Acutis

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People around Acutis considered him a "[[computer geek]]" due to his passion for and skill with computers and the internet.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="SEB" /> He was skilled in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] as well as [[C++]]{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} and often helped others with technical issues.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=132-3}} When he was 14, his parish priest asked him to create a webpage for his parish, [[https://www.santamariasegreta.it/]] in Milan.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} After this, a priest at his high school asked him to create a website to promote volunteering. For this work, he won a national competition called {{lang|it|Sarai volontario}} (Italian, "You will be a volunteer").{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=126}}

People around Acutis considered him a "[[computer geek]]" due to his passion for and skill with computers and the internet.<ref name="CN" /><ref name="SEB" /> He was skilled in [[Java (programming language)|Java]] as well as [[C++]]{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} and often helped others with technical issues.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=132-3}} When he was 14, his parish priest asked him to create a webpage for his parish, [[Santa Maria Segreta]] in Milan.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=124}} After this, a priest at his high school asked him to create a website to promote volunteering. For this work, he won a national competition called {{lang|it|Sarai volontario}} (Italian, "You will be a volunteer").{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=126}}

Acutis created a website dedicated to cataloguing each reported [[Eucharistic miracle]] in the world and maintaining a list of the approved [[Marian apparition|Marian apparitions]] of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Alyssa |title=17 Things Every Catholic Should Know About Soon-to-be-Saint Carlo Acutis |url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |newspaper=National Catholic Register |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922143844/https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |url-status=live }}</ref> Acutis launched the website in 2004{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=192}} and worked on it for two and a half years, involving his entire family in the project. It was unveiled on 4 October 2006, the Feast of St. Francis, only days before his death.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}} Because he was hospitalized, Acutis was not able to attend the debut of his exhibition at Rome's [[Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso|Church of San Carlo Borromeo]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=129}} The exhibition was also presented at his high school, the [[Leo XIII Institute, Milan|Leo XIII Institute]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}}

Acutis created a website dedicated to cataloguing each reported [[Eucharistic miracle]] in the world and maintaining a list of the approved [[Marian apparition|Marian apparitions]] of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Alyssa |title=17 Things Every Catholic Should Know About Soon-to-be-Saint Carlo Acutis |url=https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |newspaper=National Catholic Register |access-date=24 May 2024 |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922143844/https://www.ncregister.com/blog/17-things-every-catholic-should-know-about-carlo-acutis |url-status=live }}</ref> Acutis launched the website in 2004{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=192}} and worked on it for two and a half years, involving his entire family in the project. It was unveiled on 4 October 2006, the Feast of St. Francis, only days before his death.{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}} Because he was hospitalized, Acutis was not able to attend the debut of his exhibition at Rome's [[Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso|Church of San Carlo Borromeo]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=129}} The exhibition was also presented at his high school, the [[Leo XIII Institute, Milan|Leo XIII Institute]].{{sfn|Conquer|2021|p=128}}