Acutis has become known as an innovative Catholic influencer for his use of technology and art, and his example has caught on. Three teenage brothers in Ireland created a stop-action Lego animation film about his life. An artist from Assisi created two mosaic portraits out of 1,000 toys each – one is housed in the Vatican’s youth center and the other in Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in northwest Chicago. A bronze statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz that stands outside his tomb in Assisi features him in jeans and a sweatshirt, wearing a backpack and holding his laptop.
Learn more about the soon-to-be saint by watching the new documentary “Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality” during the 2025 Eucharistic Congress. The movie, which offers a compelling path forward for today’s tech-obsessed world, will be screened at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in Exhibit Hall A-B, then again at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.