From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,
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In this programme, first millennial saint named by Catholic Church.
Hello, I'm Beth.
And I'm Phil.
In this programme,
we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
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so let's hear about this story.
A boy who died at the age of 15 has been made a saint by the Catholic Church.
Carlo Acutis died in 2006 from leukemia.
He became interested in Catholicism as a child and showed an interest in helping others.
He was also a keen gamer who was interested in computers and taught himself to programme.
And he had created websites to document reported religious miracles and helped run pages for Catholic organisations.
The Catholic Church claims that after his death he caused at least two people to recover from serious illnesses.
Crowds of people have visited his body, which is preserved and on display in Assisi in Italy.
Let's have our first headline, and this is from CNN.
Carlo Acutis, nicknamed God's Influencer, becomes first millennial saint.
And that headline again from CNN.
Carlo Acutis, nicknamed God's Influencer, becomes the first millennial saint.