The first millennial saint

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'He wanted to help people to have more faith'

Tomb of Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 aged 15, in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi, Italy. REUTERS/Matteo Berlenga/File Photo

Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month, elevating him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi.

There is no doubt he was special, his mother Antonia Salzano Acutis told Reuters. But in many ways, she said, he was like any other teen.

Tens of thousands more are expected to attend the canonization service in St. Peter's Square on April 27.

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