Carlo Acutis: Episode One
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Milan, 2006. 96% of Italians are Catholic, only 26% practice their faith. As modern technology races through society, will the Catholic faith be believed? One young boy in Italy still believes that Jesus is in the Eucharist. His faith will be heard around the world. This boy? Carlo Acutis.
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Carlo Acutis puts Jesus first in his life, forgoing playing soccer with his friends and frequently going into Church to pray. He encourages his friends in faith and seeks advice from his parish priest Fr. Mario.
His friend Gio is skeptical of his faith and doesn’t share his enthusiasm. Carlo shares his sadness at his friends’ lack of faith with Fr. Mario. Fr. Mario shares the story of Saint Tarcisius, who was martyred. There is the sound of hitting as Tarcisius was hit.
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| 0:00.0 | Milan, 2006. |
| 0:02.0 | 96% of Italians are Catholic. |
| 0:05.0 | Only 26% practiced their faith. |
| 0:08.0 | As modern technology races through society, will the Catholic faith be believed? |
| 0:14.0 | One young boy in Italy still believes that Jesus is in the Eucharist. |
| 0:18.0 | His faith will be heard around the world. |
| 0:24.4 | This boy, Carlo Akutis. |
| 0:28.4 | The Saints. |
| 0:31.4 | Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:33.2 | Carlo Acutus. |
| 0:36.4 | Episode 1, A Eucharistic Tan. |
| 0:41.4 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the saintspodcast.com. |
| 0:50.7 | Sponsored by Colby Academy. From classic homeschooling to interactive live online classes, |
| 0:55.7 | Colby brings flexible and personalized education to the comfort of your home. |
| 0:58.8 | The Saints Podcast.com slash Colby. |
| 1:04.0 | Sister Beatrice, there you are. |
| 1:05.6 | Ready for a dim mass, mother? |
| 1:07.6 | We need three more hosts. |
| 1:08.3 | Who is visiting? |
| 1:14.4 | The Akutis family from Milan. Their son, Carlo, will receive his first holy communion at mass today. Really? Why not at his home parish? His parish won't give him |
| 1:20.6 | first communion until he turns ten. The boy begged until Monsignor gave him permission, so long as he receives in silence here. |
| 1:30.0 | He must have devout parents. |
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