✝️ IS SAINT CARLO ACUTIS INCORRUPTIBLE? THE TRUTH BEHIND SAINTS’ BODIES😲🤔
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Once upon a time, a teenager died.
He didn’t glow in the dark. He didn’t leave behind gold dust. He left behind something greater: a life on fire with love for Jesus in the Eucharist.
His name was Carlo Acutis. And today, he is Saint Carlo.
But many people ask: Is his body incorrupt? Did God preserve him like He did for some saints?
✝️ THE ANSWER ABOUT CARLO
When his tomb was opened in 2019, his body was found in a preserved but not fully incorrupt state. His face was carefully reconstructed so that pilgrims could venerate him with dignity. The Church herself has said clearly: Carlo is not an incorruptible saint.
And that is perfectly fine, because sainthood is never about flesh, but about faith.
✝️ WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE INCORRUPTIBLE?
The word incorruptible means that a saint’s body, after death, did not undergo the normal process of decay. Without embalming or artificial preservation, the body remains whole, flexible, and often looks as though the person is only asleep.
Examples: St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Catherine Labouré, and St. John Vianney. Their bodies remain intact even centuries later.
On the other hand, when we say a saint’s body is corruptible, we mean that their body followed the ordinary path of nature, returning to dust, as Genesis 3:19 says: “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This is the case for the vast majority of saints, including Saint Carlo.
✝️ DOES INCORRUPTIBILITY MAKE A SAINT “GREATER”?
No. The Church does not canonize because of an incorrupt body. Canonization is about heroic virtue and miracles, not about the condition of the skin.
Sometimes, incorruptibility happens naturally (climate, soil, sealed coffins). Other times, no natural cause can explain it, and the Church receives it as a sign.
But remember: even incorrupt saints are often given special care. Wax masks, reliquary cases, and preservation techniques are sometimes used so the faithful can pray without being distracted.
✝️ THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Holiness is not measured by whether the body resists corruption.
Holiness is measured by whether a soul resists sin.
Carlo Acutis’ body may not be incorruptible, but his testimony is eternal: a 15-year-old who showed the world that the Eucharist is the highway to heaven.
This is the incorrupt legacy that matters.
✝️ WHY IT MATTERS
👉 “Corruptible” means the body returned to the earth.
👉 “Incorruptible” means God, in some saints, allowed the body to remain intact.
👉 But sainthood is never about the body, it is about the soul’s union with God.
Saint Carlo’s flesh returned to the earth, but his light belongs to eternity.
And today, the Church proclaims not the condition of his body, but the destiny of his soul: Saint Carlo Acutis, pray for us!
God bless you 🙏
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