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Pope Leo declares Italian teen computer whiz a saint

Carlo Acutis, who who died of leukaemia aged 15, became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended by thousands of young worshippers. The pope also canonised another popular Italian figure who died young, Pier Giorgio Frassati.

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