St. Carlo of the Millennials: Catholic Church to canonize computer-geek teen

Body of Carlo Acutis, to be canonized Sunday, on display in jeans and sneakersROME — Carlo Acutis wore sneakers and jeans, relaxed with his PlayStation, craved Nutella, and loved soccer. On Sunday, the Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first saint from the internet generation.Carlo, a self-taught computer whiz whose devotion to his faith was unusual for his age, died of leukemia in 2006 at just 15.To friends and classmates, he was a well-liked fan of the AC Milan soccer team who would sometimes vanish for hours at a time to write computer code.To fellow parishioners of Milan’s...