At Vivat Agnus Dei, our mission is to lift high the Lamb of God (cf. John 1:29), drawing hearts to encounter the truth, beauty, and love of God, who alone fulfills the deepest longing of the human heart (cf. CCC 1; 27). Through our content, we hope to inspire a deeper love for Jesus Christ and a full embrace of His saving mission, lived entirely within His Body, the Catholic Church (cf. CCC 774; 781).

We humbly acknowledge that while Vivat Agnus Dei seeks to echo and promote the teachings of the Catholic Church, we are not an official Catholic entity, nor are we authorized to speak in the name of the Catholic Church or act on her behalf (cf. CIC 300; CCC 85-87). We are lay faithful striving to share content that conforms to the truth safeguarded by the Church, but our work carries no canonical or Magisterial authority. We do not claim a monopoly on truth, which belongs supremely to God and is entrusted to the Church as a whole universally, rather than totally to certain individuals even the Pope (although infallible in "ex cathedra" teaching) (cf. John 14:6; CCC 2032), but we strive diligently to ensure that what we share is in harmony with that truth. Our mission is but one small effort among many, and we joyfully direct readers to other faithful Catholic resources that share in this work. Therefore, if one finds something we have shared or said to be at variance with the Church, please notify us immediately, since we are fallible and sinners.

Our hope is not merely that people come to assent intellectually to the doctrines of faith, but that they fall in love—not first with propositions, but with the beauty and love of God Himself, man’s true end and fulfillment (cf. Summa Theologica I-II, q.1, a.8; CCC 1). The very premise of this site is a witness to the truth that no human system or created thing can satisfy the hunger of the human soul. Man, made for God, remains restless without Him (cf. CCC 30). God is not merely loving but is love itself (cf. 1 John 4:8). In turning to Him, we do not find condemnation, but mercy and healing (cf. John 3:17; CCC 1847). Without God, man becomes enslaved—to self, to worldly desires, and to the forces opposed to truth and goodness (cf. CCC 407). Yet God, in His boundless love, does all to rescue us from these enemies (cf. John 10:10).

As St. Paul teaches, "none of us lives as his own master" (Romans 14:7). We must choose God not as a distant ruler but as our friend and lover (cf. John 15:15), for He alone satisfies the human heart. True happiness is found not in abundance or activity, but in sharing in the divine life He offers (cf. CCC 221).

Even our designs, like the t-shirt quoting John 6:51—"the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh"—point to Christ as the true Passover Lamb and Eucharistic sustenance for our journey. And John 1:11 reminds us that sin blinds us, but through this mission, may hearts be opened anew to receive and love God.

May Vivat Agnus Dei, and the faithful use of technology, bring truth, goodness, and beauty to others, inspiring all to encounter God more deeply through prayer, the sacraments, and full communion with His Church (cf. CCC 849; 1072).

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"People who put themselves before the sun get tanned. People who put themselves before the Eucharist become saints."

Carlo Acutis, born in London on May 3, 1991, to a wealthy Italian family, displayed a remarkable interest in religious practice from a young age. Despite his parents not being particularly religious, Acutis' curiosity was nurtured by the family's Polish babysitter, leading him to request his First Communion at the age of seven. He became a frequent communicant and made weekly confessions, citing figures like Francis of Assisi, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, Dominic Savio, Tarcisius, and Bernadette Soubirous as his role models. Apart from his spiritual pursuits, Acutis actively engaged in social causes, supporting friends with divorcing parents and defending disabled peers from bullies. Described as a "computer geek," he created a website cataloging Eucharistic miracles worldwide. Diagnosed with leukemia, Acutis offered his suffering for Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church, emphasizing the plight of others who endured greater pain. He passed away on October 10, 2006, at 6:45 AM, succumbing to fulminating acute promyelocytic leukemia, and was laid to rest in Assisi as per his wishes.

Our Request to Him: We ask your prayers in heaven Blessed Carlo, that this site and those it connects to draw those that view them through Beauty, Goodness, and Truth toward Christ in(to) the fullness of the Christian faith and that our Purpose (given below) be accomplished according to God's Will.