What exactly was recognized in the miracle said to come through Carlo Acutis's intercession?

🔥The question: “He's famous as the internet saint, so didn't you use a recovery case for publicity?”

🛡️The Church's answer: According to the Holy See's announcement, Valeria, a student from Costa Rica, suffered a serious head injury in a bicycle accident in Florence, Italy, in 2022. Her mother prayed at the tomb of Carlo Acutis in Assisi asking for his intercession, and an unexpectedly rapid recovery was reported afterward. After medical, theological, and ecclesiastical review, Pope Francis approved in May 2024 the promulgation of the decree recognizing that healing as a miracle through the intercession of Acutis.

📜What the Church has actually recognized: The Church doesn't say Carlo cured the illness by his own power. It judged that God granted this healing in connection with his prayer of intercession, and it did not approve every claim about Acutis circulating online.

🧐If they press further: “If she prayed but also received treatment, why is it a miracle?” — Having received treatment doesn't automatically disqualify a case, but medical experts have to weigh whether known treatment and the natural course of the illness can adequately explain the manner and the speed of the recovery.

✨In one sentence: “The Church investigated Valeria's recovery and judged it a grace of God connected with the intercession of Acutis. It didn't recognize a celebrity or an internet rumor.”