Pope Francis will make late teen Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church’s first millennial and digital saint next year.

Carlo, who was born to Italian parents in London, was a web designer who died of leukaemia in Italy in 2006 at the age of 15.

An Italian teenager who used his computer skills to spread the Catholic faith will become the first saint from the millennial generation when he is canonized next April. Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in 2006 aged 15,