Nearly a century after the death of Pier Giorgio Frassati, I set out with friends to hike in his footsteps in northern Italy, ...

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, born on April 6, 1901 to a prominent and wealthy Italian family, became a popular role model ...

He said of Frassati, “Pier Giorgio’s life is a beacon for lay spirituality. For him, faith was not a private devotion, but it ...

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as saints of the Church on Sunday, Sept. 7.

VATICAN CITY It was only at Pier Giorgio's funeral in July 1925 that his father, Commendator Alfredo Frassati, fully ...

Pier Giorgio Frassati was canonised alongside teen saint Carlo Acutis during a ceremony at the Vatican on 7 September 2025.

Frassati's spiritual biographer, Fr. Paolo Asolan, addressed devotees of the new saint hours before his canonization in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis on September 7, marking the first saints of his papacy.

If Carlo Acutis is the Church’s new digital saint, Pier Giorgio Frassati is its original youth icon. Born in Turin in 1901, ...

We look to Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Carlo Acutis: a young man from the early 20th century and a teenager from ...

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati died almost 100 years ago, but he would have fit in perfectly with many Catholics' groups of friends.

Carlo Acutis, who died of Leukaemia aged 15 in 2006 and who was dubbed “God’s influencer”, was canonised yesterday along with ...