Acutis has become known as an innovative Catholic influencer for his use of technology and art, and his example has caught on. Three teenage brothers in Ireland created a stop-action Lego animation film about his life. An artist from Assisi created two mosaic portraits out of 1,000 toys each – one is housed in the Vatican’s youth center and the other in Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in northwest Chicago. A bronze statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz that stands outside his tomb in Assisi features him in jeans and a sweatshirt, wearing a backpack and holding his laptop.