15-year-old Carlo Acutis died of Leukemia in 2006 and can now become the internet's patron saint.
Should this happen, he will be the first "millennial saint".
Pope Francis declared him venerable on July 5, 2018, which is the first step towards canonization, writes among others the BBC.
It is Carlo Acuti's strong faith, devotion to the Catholic Church, and his diligent work for this on the Internet that has led to a possible place among the saints.
The boy is said to have contributed to many miracles already, one of which must already be proven by the church.
The miracle involved a six-year-old boy from Brazil, with a rare disease of the pancreas that prayers to Acutis, after his death, should have cured.
Another miracle must be proved by the church before the canonization can take place and this must have happened after the beatification.
Cardinal Agostino Vallini during the ceremony that beat Carlo Acutis.
Photo: Gregorio Borgia / TT
Hanged out early
The strong believer Carlo Acutis devoted himself early to the Catholic Church, already as a little boy he donated his weekly allowance to the poor in Miliano.
He had a penchant for programming and at the age of ten he built websites for priests and religious organizations and in addition he created a website, where he collected and cataloged religious miracles.
The website has grown in popularity after his death and the material on the website has been used extensively by hundreds of congregations around the world since then.
As Carlos' name began to spread around the world, more and more Catholics began to pray to him, and this eventually led to rumors of his holiness.
It is rumors, or the voice of the people "vox populi", that begin the process of canonization.
Blessing and canonization
Declarations of saints take place in two stages, the first is the beatification and the second canonization.
The latter is performed by the pope, and by that the saint is counted as a saint by the church as a whole.