Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis will be in Rome for Jubilee

During the Jubilee of Youth, a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the coffin with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's body will be in Rome for veneration.

After their canonization ceremonies were moved to Sept. 7, it is an opportunity for young people to learn more about and be inspired by these two important saints-to-be.

Body of Blessed Frassati, relic of Blessed Acutis will be in Rome for Jubilee

Pope Leo XIV signs an image of Blessed Carlo Acutis in St. Peter's Square after his general audience at the Vatican June 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The relics of two saints-to-be -- Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis -- will be in Rome for veneration during the Jubilee of Youth July 28-Aug. 3, according to worldyouthday.com.

The Church of San Marcello al Corso will become a "Blessed Carlo Acutis Center" to host talks, prayer, Masses and the veneration of the first-class pericardium relic of the young blessed, it said. 

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The Church of St. Mary Major, home to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, is seen in Assisi, Italy, April 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)

Visitors will also be invited to write their prayer intentions on cards, which will be taken to his tomb in Assisi, Italy, according to Catholic Christian Outreach, which organized the initiative.

The coffin with Blessed Frassati's body will be brought from his tomb in Turin to Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon, for veneration, the website said. The initiative will include a series of talks and Masses organized by the Dominican Order; Blessed Frassati was a member of the Dominican Third Order. 

Both blesseds will be proclaimed saints during a canonization ceremony at the Vatican Sept. 7.

Blessed Acutis, a teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and creating an online exhibition of Eucharistic miracles, had originally been scheduled for April 27 during the Jubilee of Teenagers, but his canonization was postponed following the death of Pope Francis in April. The late pope had also intended to proclaim Blessed Frassati, who was known for his life of service and charity, a saint during the summertime Jubilee of Youth. 

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Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a struggling student who excelled in mountain climbing, is seen in an undated photo. He had complete faith in God and persevered through college, dedicating himself to helping the poor and supporting church social teaching. He died at age 24 and was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990. (CNS file photo)

The U.S.-based John Paul II Project will be providing support by having young adult alumni of its project programs keep watch over Blessed Frassati's body, according to a July 18 press release.

Alumni will also be serving as missionaries in three locations for events that are free and open to the public, it said.

The events in English will include talks, Eucharistic adoration vigils, street evangelization, serving the homeless, and "assisting pilgrims in the veneration of the body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati," it said.

"The Centro San Lorenzo, located next to St. Peter’s Basilica and home of the original WYD cross, is their base for most activities," it said. There will be opportunities for confession and to see "an exhibit on St. John Paul II and a Marian shrine inspired by Pier Giorgio."

The full program is at jp2project.org/youth-jubilee-mission.

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