The canonization of two young men as saints shows the Church’s enduring message that holiness is possible at any age, Father Gerald Murray, pastor of Saint Joseph’s Church in New York City, told Newsmax on Sunday.

“We got two new saints there, saints of youth,” Murray told Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.” “They both died when they were quite young. They were holy men. They were very devoted family members. They were inspirational not only in Italy but throughout the world. It’s a great day for the Church.”

Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer whiz who died in 2006, and Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sunday during an open-air Mass in St. Peter’s Square, with tens of thousands of pilgrims, including many young families and millennials, attending the ceremony.

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