Faith in the media

Carlo Acutis “Patron saint of the Internet”

Abstract

This article search to hold debate on the relationship between tradition and technology, have the foundation of the Catholic Church, one of the oldest and traditional in the world. The media emerge as a challenge and also a contribution to the propagation of faith and approach with the faithful. In this context, the young Carlo Acutis stands out as a milestone in the relationship among Catholicism and social media, being he first saint of his generation and considered “Patron Saint of the Internet”. The objective is to demonstrate how technologies influence even the most traditional environments and the methodology has a qualitative basis and use bibliographic review and research in digital media of a tools, covering everything from the death of Acutis in 2005 to the election of Pope Leo XIV in 2025.