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                Will there be a new saint of the internet?
Many of us think of saints as being figures from the distant past. But the beatification of a 15-year-old computer programmer called Carlo Acutis means he’s only one step away from being recognised as a saint.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ faith and ethics reporter Sophia Smith Galer explains what it takes to be made a saint, and how Christians may look to saints in modern times.
Produced by Sophia Smith Galer and Mike Latham
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