VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God's plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints -- two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.

"Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upward and make them masterpieces," the pope said Sept. 7.

"The simple but winning formula of their holiness," he said, is accessible to everyone at any time. "They encourage us with their words: 'Not I, but God,' as Carlo used to say. And Pier Giorgio: 'If you have God at the center of all your actions, then you will reach the end.'" 

More than 80,000 people gather in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the canonization Mass of Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis celebrated by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 7, 2025.

The September-October 2025 issue of Catholic Herald magazine has been published. The theme for this issue is building marriages that survive. The digital edition of the magazine is available at https://catholicmagazines.org/magazine-archive/catholic-herald/sac0925

The California Catholic Conference (CCC) has entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with Communio, beginning a new chapter in strengthening Catholic marriage and family life throughout the state. Through this comprehensive partnership with all 12 bishops and dioceses, every parish in California will now have access to Communio’s relationship ministry model, which is credited with a 24% drop in the divorce rate in Jacksonville, FL.