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this week on vaticano

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we bring you the story of the first
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millennial blessed carloacutis
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travel with us from italy to the united
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states from cambodia to argentina
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to learn about how his charisma
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continues to inspire young people
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worldwide
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and will make a stop in a season to see
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how the city is preparing for his
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beatification
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for this and more vaticano starts now
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carlos cutis who's said to be beatified
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on october the 10th
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grew up here in milan italy
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today carlo is known and loved across
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the world for his example of holiness
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for his passion for communications
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technology and for his devotion to the
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eucharist
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antonia salzano carlo's mother says her
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son
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made living the ordinary extraordinary
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so even the little things in life from
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everyday life
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obviously being a boy of our times he
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lived where all the young people of his
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generation lived
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so computers video games football games
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school
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friends everything that is normal to us
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but certainly
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he knew everything that is ordinary in
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the world he was able to turn into
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something extraordinary
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carlo's passion was the world of
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information technology
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he was fascinated with the potential
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good it could bring
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he decided to create a web-based
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resource where people could learn about
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the faith
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today it's an apostolate that his family
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and members of the association of
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friends of carlo acutis
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continue to carry on
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was very good at filming making films
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and even using computers
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what's more is that pope francis in
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christus vivid which is the closing
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document of the synod of young people
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wanted to dedicate a chapter to carlo in
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which he practically presents
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karla to all the young people all over
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the world as a model for how he was
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able to use the media above all
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what he has done there are these
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exhibitions that were above all
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the one on our lady on the eucharistic
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miracles
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which we say he then for extraordinary
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coincidences
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above all by in our opinion by the will
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of the lord then they spread throughout
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the world
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i know i know
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the work that carlos started now is
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available in 17 languages
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and anyone can see the eucharistic
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miracles exhibit even downloading the
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panels in high quality for free
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to print and place them in their
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parishes
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the exhibition on eucharistic miracles
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was something that engaged him
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let's start from about when he was 11
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years old it appeared that he began to
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be assistant catechist in the parish
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because he had asked to be the catechist
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helper and then sometimes he was able to
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teach the catechism by himself
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because he was a very prepared boy very
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ahead of those who were his agent
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apart from the web resources the
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association amici di carlo accutis
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has also started producing cartoons to
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bring carlos message to children
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and young people joy is already to be
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found in this world
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already in this world of course
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but we must always look towards god in
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fact
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sorrow is what happens when we look
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inwards
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while joy is when we focus our gaze on
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god
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by nourishing ourselves on the eucharist
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we feed on the love of christ
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and we live in him in this way we can
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all become
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close friends with christ
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antonia says that after his first
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communion at seven years of age
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he never missed an opportunity to
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receive the eucharist because it was his
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source of strength to live life with
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integrity
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his deep faith and special relationship
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with the eucharist
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helped even his mother to find her own
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path back to the church
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carla i always say was a little savior
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for me because usually in families
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it is the family who passes on the faith
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in my case it was the opposite
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it is carlo who in fact carlo i saw him
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a bit like a father
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an authoritative figure i do not see him
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so much as a son
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that is i felt him yes son but i also
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saw him as something more
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because carla had this authority that
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was given to him precisely by his
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closeness to jesus
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that one could see
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she believes that carlo continues to
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intercede from heaven
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showing others the path to the church
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through the eucharist
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after the break we'll take you to new
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york to visit one of thousands of carlos
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eucharistic miracle exhibits
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present in parishes worldwide
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vaticano starts now
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in upstate new york around a two-hour
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drive from manhattan
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located in a valley among hills is the
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town of pauling
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with a population of seven and a half
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thousand people
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it's a small quiet town with a vibrant
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catholic population
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and in the local church st john the
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evangelist st charles borromeo
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there's a special exhibition happening
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at the moment
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large posters carefully placed in the
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pews beautifully illustrate miracles of
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the blessed eucharist
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this is the eucharistic miracles of the
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world exhibition
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designed and created by carlos kudis
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father john palettucci is the pastor
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here
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well this exhibition uh we started it
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um actually when i first arrived here
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was already here
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to promote the reality of the eucharist
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you know we live in a time unfortunately
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where many catholics
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are struggling with that belief as a
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matter of fact i think here in the
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states there was a
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something done recently about that and
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nearly 60 percent of catholics do not
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believe
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presence of our lord in the eucharist
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which is a real challenge you know so
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the message is to get people to
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understand the miracles that actually
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have taken place over the centuries
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with the presence of our lord in the
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eucharist so that's one of the primary
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things that we're doing here at the
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parish
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inside the church each poster tells a
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story of a miracle from a different part
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of the world
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detailing what took place eyewitness
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accounts
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and scientific verification
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because of the covert 19 situation we
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have to separate our pews and close some
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pews down so it was a good idea to put
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them
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in those spots people come in uh before
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mass they could read
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about the eucharist and maybe elevate
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their belief
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uh in the real presence of our lord
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local parishioners stroll from poster to
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poster taking their time to read the
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various accounts of the miracles
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i didn't realize there were so many
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miracles
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it's interesting i enjoyed the one from
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spain where the priest was going to take
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host to some sick people
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and while crossing a river he dropped
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the host into the water
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and so he was he got out he was stuck in
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the mud
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and so some fishermen came over and
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they witnessed they looked and there
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were three fish with hosts in their
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mouth
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and they swam up the river and put the
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host back in the cup
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over the past several years i think
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there's been a
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pulling away from the belief of god in
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the eucharist christ in the eucharist
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and i think through these miracles that
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they would have renewed interest and
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they would realize
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the beauty of receiving god
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in pauling this little town
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my family is the fifth generation
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in this church and they never had
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they were a wonderful priest but we
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never had
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some of these wonderful examples
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and what can happen to people when they
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believe
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among those here today is jack miller
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the man who brought this exhibition to
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pauling
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and oversees it i was always in awe
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of the the way
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in which our lord provides
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these miracles and and and mysteries of
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our faith and how
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the miracles then prove those uh
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mysteries of our faith
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there were so many and and all such
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different stories of in such
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amazing manners each one has a unique
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story to it each each each miracle is a
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separate miracle and they're all
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miracles
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how could you look at any one of them
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and not be amazed by it
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from what started as an idea of carlo
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ikudis it's grown into a worldwide
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exhibition
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bringing stories of eucharistic miracles
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to all corners of the globe
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well as i look around at all these
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posters i think of the the young man
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this 15 year old boy who with
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inspiration
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and and the grace of god was able to
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reach out to millions of people and and
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change their lives hopefully
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to realize the presence of christ in the
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eucharist
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i gotta watch because it might tear up
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but
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if we actually realized what we were
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receiving
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as the host touched our tongue we were
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dropped out of joy
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that's my firm belief it's to promote
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the true understanding and belief of our
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lord's true presence in the eucharist
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and these posters should be here until
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everyone in this parish understands and
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believes that
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father will conquer is a missionary of
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the society of foreign missions of paris
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in cambodia
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he learned about carlow through the
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exhibition of eucharistic miracles in
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rome
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in 2006 and ever since carlo has
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inspired him
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giving an example of a new model of
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holiness
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as i started researching doing research
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about him
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i realized how extraordinary his short
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life had been and it really taught me a
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lot i was blessed to meet with his
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family
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i was especially touched by the
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encounter with rajesh
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who was uh probably carl's best friend
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and a worker in his family and who
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eventually himself became christians
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through the witness
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of carlo i was also touched by the
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encounter with flavia
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his cousin his cousin who like many of
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our cousins and families and brothers
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and sisters
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had an experience of christ but slowly
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slowly slowly
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go away and kind of
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forget about their first love and i was
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so blessed because when i met her last
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year
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she was coming back to the faith sue
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through she says the intersection of
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carlo
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and i was so happy to be able to share
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this witness of faith that she had
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shared
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with carlo to be able to share it with
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her it was like meeting someone who had
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met
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a living thing which was quite
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extraordinary for me and so today as a
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missionary in cambodia
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my life is totally different so far from
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what carlo had known but the mission is
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the same
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it is the shares the joy of the gospel
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is all people and here is so urgent
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with new technologies the world is
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borderless for evangelization
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and by using new technologies as carlo
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did everyone can contribute and fulfill
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the mandate of christ to bring the
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gospel
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to every corner of the world
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association in argentina is also
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inspired by carlo's charism of online
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evangelization
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in latin america and in the world they
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see carlo
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as a friend his love for informatics
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stands out
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he considered the internet as a way of
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evangelization
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today i affirm that he continues to
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evangelize through the web
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and that is why he has reached the five
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continents
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he continues to announce jesus through
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new technologies
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this is carlos secret carlo today is
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still alive
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and all the devotees through the social
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networks
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in addition to the radio programs and
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online evangelization
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the whole diocese of rioja argentina is
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preparing to celebrate the beatification
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of carlo
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beatification of carlo akudis is going
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to take place in assisi italy
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on october the 10th after a short break
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we're going to visit his tomb
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and learn about the details of his
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beatification stay with us
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welcome back you're watching vaticano
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cz is known as the city of saint francis
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and saint clair
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and for hundreds of years these two
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saints have inspired young people to be
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holy
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soon the city will be associated with
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another blessed
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father carlos ferreira director of the
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santuario de las pugliazione
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is proud that carlo acutis has found his
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home here inside the church of saint
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mary major
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i am amazed at how many people pass by
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here every day
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it has decreased somewhat with the
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health emergency
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but i can say the fact that people from
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all continents pass through here is
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incredible
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seeing people of all ages and also the
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priests
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bishops nuns and many young people
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children adults and families it is a
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phenomenon
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that truly only the holy spirit can
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explain as a boy
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only 15 years can draw in so many people
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i also like to listen to the stories of
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many of these people
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who come asking for a variety of
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requests
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from personal conversion to physical and
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moral healing
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and i really like the story of a young
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man of only 20 years old
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who said that it was by accident or
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chance
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he found carla on the internet he had
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some insight in his life
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then he had a dream with carlos which he
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did not expect
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and from there began a friendship with
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him
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and this young man was suffering from
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panic attacks
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and he came here to the sanctuary to
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thank god and carlo for his healing
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because it had been two months since any
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attack
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and he was feeling very well he said to
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me
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father carlos i am certain that kylo
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kurtis's hand
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helped me in all of this
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through the eucharistic miracles
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exhibition many people have learned
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about carlo online
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but benjamin taft a pilgrim from
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minnesota met carlo
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offline he was looking for eucharistic
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adoration in assisi
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and found the church of saint mary major
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where he also encountered carlo
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i think he's very much going to be an
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inspiration of the
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youth of today because there's so many
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people who are getting
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hooked on on the electronics and the
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the apps that are out there they're
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searching for an image
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of themselves like carlos talks about
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everybody needs to find
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their own their own being rather than
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trying to make a copy of another person
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i also had that same struggle and when i
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was growing up as like i
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i thought i needed to be a copy of
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another person and and struggled with
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who i was for a person and and i think
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it's great to
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like i say it's great to have a witness
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like carlos out there to
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show that you you can be your own person
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and
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that we need more people
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to be able to do different things we
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can't all do the same thing
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otherwise the body of christ will not be
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able to
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thrive
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scott fjall a seminarian from the
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diocese of austin texas now at the
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pontifical north american college in
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rome
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discovered carlo during his retreat in
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assisi he says that he's impressed
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at how carlo embraced his sufferings
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i think he lived with a great love he
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carried a heavy cross but i think his
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story teaches us that
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our cross can can be gifts to others
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because
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once we go through something difficult
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we know what someone else is going
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through and we can help them
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i think his life has been a witness and
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a testament to
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also know as i that as usual i'm saying
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that carlo is my little teacher
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because he is teaching me so much above
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all to rediscover two great treasures in
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my life
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the eucharist and love for the virgin
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mary
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he was able to say the rosary every day
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and also go to mass
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every day and then
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another thing that comes to me so much
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is his totality in god
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for him there was no halfway it was all
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or nothing when he said before he died
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that he didn't mind dying yet so young
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because he hadn't lost even a minute of
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his life
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doing things that don't please god and
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he said
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to always be close to jesus that's my
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life plan
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and this strikes me very much i too
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want that totality in god
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antonia salzano carlos mother testifies
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that for carlo
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even the news of his own death was a
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source of joy
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carlo carla when they told him that he
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had leukemia
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that it was a disease that he could even
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die of he smiled and said
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the lord gave me a beautiful alarm clock
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as if to say
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my time has come then he said i'm not
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coming out of this alive
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but mum i will give you many signs don't
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worry
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he performed the first miracles on the
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day of his funeral where there were many
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people who prayed for him
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who prayed for him to help him because
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he already had this reputation
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the church was so full that many had to
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stay outside
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so a lady who had breast cancer without
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chemo prayed to him
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then she went away another lady could
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not have children
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she was 45 years old she prayed to carla
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and became pregnant
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these are the first fruits of his
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intercession certainly many people
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remember at this funeral
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it seemed more like a party than a
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funeral but indeed i think the festivity
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was because carla then ended up in
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heaven immediately
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as he had asked the lord i offer my
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sufferings for the pope
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and the church in order to not go to
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purgatory but to go directly to heaven
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and therefore i believe that the lord
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listened to him
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like his funeral the beatification will
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be part of 17 days of festivities
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the program of the festivities from
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october 1st to october 17th
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will be very intense days of visit it is
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out of the ordinary that the tomb will
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be open
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and we will be able to see his body that
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was discovered to be fully intact
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not intact but integral having all its
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organs
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work was done to the face but it is nice
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to see that for the first time in
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history
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we will see a saint dressed in jeans
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sneakers
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and a sweater absolutely this is the
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first time
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and this is a great message for us we
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can feel holiness
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not as a distant thing but as something
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very much within
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everyone's reach because the lord is the
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lord
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of everyone there will be two strong
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aspects of these 17 days
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eucharistic adoration during the days
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and the
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night vigils of eucharistic adoration in
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the entire
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city of assisi in fact we have called
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this event
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assisi the eucharistic city
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and in those days and those nights all
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the churches of assisi will be opened
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with the possibility to encounter jesus
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in the eucharist
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from 7 pm to midnight and then
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on the 10th and then on the 12th in the
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upper basilica of saint francis
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at 4 30 pm there will be the liturgical
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celebration or feast of kalo akutis
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of blessed khaloa the mass will be
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presided
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by our bishop here and then for the
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closing
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there will be the eucharistic
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celebration on the 17th
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also celebrated by our bishop and at the
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end
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the tomb of khaolo will be closed
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carlo used to say that the eucharist was
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his highway to heaven
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and indeed through the eucharist carlo
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achieved heaven
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and now offers his example to all of us