The relics of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, who are set to be canonized later this year, will be displayed ...

The three-day celebration of the centenary, dubbed “Frassati Days,” drew pilgrims from the United States, Poland and ...

From July 28 to Aug. 3, Rome will be buzzing with musical performances, prayer vigils, and special events for young pilgrims ...

Cardinal Archbishop Roberto Repole of Turin and Mayor Stefano Lo Russo presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Catholic Church is preparing to canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati — a 24-year-old Italian from Turin, Italy, who was a ...

Pier Giorgio Frassati as a teenager. He served the poor and died at age 24. Credit: Associazione Pier Giorgio Frassati, Rome Frassati “came from wealth, fame, athleticism, good looks,” Wohar said.

Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is also beloved by many today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.” ...

On September 7, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was born in Turin, Italy, on April 6, 1901, and died at the age of 24 from ...

Pope Francis said that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati "will be a saint soon." Known as "the Man of the Eight Beatitudes," he was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990 after his sainthood cause was ...

Wanda Gawronska, niece of Pier Giorgio Frassati, left, speaks from Rome, Italy, during a press conference held in Baldwin Park on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles) ...

Pier Giorgio Frassati died of polio in 1925 at the age of 24 after a brief illness. His father Alfredo was the founder editor of the main Turin daily newspaper, La Stampa, and later an ambassador ...