The story of the first millennial saint, dubbed “God’s Influencer” for his use of the internet to spread his faith, is spotlighted in the final installment of season two of Martin Scorsese’s “The Saints.”
The episode will air Sunday, December 7, exclusively on Fox Nation.
Also called the “Influencer Saint,” the young Carlo Acutis built websites to document Eucharistic miracles and Marian apparitions, using social media to evangelize before passing away from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15.
Acutis’ mother, Antonia Salzano, was “far away” from the Catholic Church, having been raised in a non-religious household, she told Fox News Digital in an April interview.
It wasn’t until Carlo was 5 years old that a beloved priest who had “the discernment of the spirit” told Antonia that her son would grow up to be someone special.
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Carlo took a special interest in theology. He and Antonia attended daily mass together. After Carlo died, Antonia saw him in a dream, when he announced that he would one day be canonized.
This prediction came true years later, on September 7, 2025. Then, four years after Carlo’s passing, he visited his mother again.
“When Carlo died, I was 39 years old, and then I started to try to have other children. I said, ‘I’m still young, maybe I can try, no?’ [But] the children didn’t arrive. Then I had started on my practice to adopt a child, but in Italy, it’s very difficult. I had lost all my hopes to have children by myself,” Antonia said.
In the dream, Carlo told Antonia she would become a mother again. She became pregnant one month later. Her twins, Francesca and Michele, would share a due date on the anniversary of Carlo’s death.
“Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” focuses on figures who shaped Christianity around the world. Season two begins with the story of St. Patrick and ends with accounts of Carlo’s modern-day miracles.
Ahead of the release of the highly anticipated second season, Fox Nation and the legendary Scorsese hosted a premiere at the Whitby Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where Carlo’s episode first aired.
The final episode of season two was directed by Scorsese’s own daughter, Francesca. More episodes are expected next Easter.
At the season two premiere, Francesca Scorsese discussed her episode and the life of Carlo Acutis.
“He spread his faith through his websites, and social media is a very scary place, and it can be very dark, you know? And I think it’s interesting that he sort of used it as a way for good and to inspire,” she said.
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Fox News’ Brian Flood, Laura Carrione and Benji Ferraro contributed to this report.
