Casual Saints and The De-Mythologizing of the Church

An artistic representation of Bl. Carlo Acutis is stirring up controversy, but the real problem lies deeper within the modern Catholic mind.

I've been seeing a lot of hot takes about a recently-revealed stained glass image of Blessed Carlo Acutis.

To be honest, I don’t know much about him. I can tell you that he is a contemporary figure on a fast-track to sainthood. A 15-year old Italian boy of real faith and devotion who died of leukemia. What I’ve seen that appears to attract people to him …