Carlo Acutis was canonized the September 7, 2025 as “first saint millennial”. Acutis, born in 1991, died at 15 from a fulminating leukemia. In recent months his story has been told tens of times. He was a boy computer passionate And despite the age he had already developed some projects related to the Church. Among others also a virtual exhibition to tell the miracles. Now, after the recognition of his miracles, he is considered the patron of the Internet and young people. However, Acutis is also the first saint of the Millenial generationa detail that opens up to some doubts that are never exposed first in the history of the Church.
The figure of Acutis is a candidate to become a point of reference For those looking for a bridge Between faith and digital life. Alongside this spiritual dimension linked to information technology, however, Acutis also cultivated a great passion: that for the video games. The parents themselves recalled his passion for titles such as Super Mario for Nintendoas well as one PlayStation 2console that Acutis used at home to play.
This is where The problem arrives. According to ecclesiastical tradition, the material remains of a saint are Insigni relicswhile the objects used in life fall within the not insignificant relics. On eBay, as we have documented, there is already a flourishing market of these objects.
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What does the Church say about the relics of the saints
In the portal of the causes of the saints, a fairly precise definition can be read. And it seems already answer: “They are considered relics not insignificant small fragments of the body of the blessed and saints or even objects that have been in direct contact with their people. They must be possibly kept in sealed display cases. They must still be kept and honored with a religious spirit, avoiding any form of superstition and mercy”.
In the case of Acutis, the console therefore represents a possible relic of second classdestined to go down in history as the first videogame relic recognized by the Catholic Church. For this to happen it is necessaryofficial authentication by the ecclesiastical authority, with seals and documentation. At the moment the console remains linked to the private sphere of the family, but it is not excluded that it can be exposed in the future. If the official authentication occurs, Carlo Acutis’s PlayStation 2 would add a unpublished piece to the mosaic of religious history
