Pope Leo XIV declared the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, in an outdoor Mass in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 7, drawing Loyola students from the John Felice Rome Center to watch the canonization in Vatican City. Born in London but raised in Italy, Acutis — who created a multilingual website to document Eucharistic miracles — died in 2006 of leukemia and earned the nickname “God’s Influencer.” Acutis’ canonization has made an impact on Loyola’s Catholic community, the Associated Press reported. “It was amazing being surrounded by so many Catholics in St. Peter’s Square,” Lohmeier said. Members of the Loyola community in Chicago have also been reflecting on Acutis’ life and example. Still, she said the canonization is deeply significant to young people and to the Church as a whole.