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For Martin Scorsese<\/strong>, Season 2 of his Fox Nation series The Saints<\/em> is a real family affair. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has become a late-in-life internet celebrity courtesy of his very online (in a good way) daughter, Francesca Scorsese<\/strong> who now makes the jump from directing hilarious Instagram reels to helming hour-long episodes of streaming television. The younger Scorsese stepped behind the camera for an episode that chronicles the story of Carlo Acutis<\/strong> who is known \u2014 appropriately enough \u2014 as the “Influencer Saint.”<\/p>\n As Scorsese explains in this exclusive clip, though, that designation is primarily “marketing language.” During his short life, Acutis \u2014 who died in 2006 at the age of 15 following a battle with lukaemia \u2014 harnessed the power of the emerging digital world to capture what he saw as the miracles of his faith. Officially canonized by the Catholic Church mere months ago in September, he’s one of the first individuals to achieve sainthood under new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n More from Gold Derby<\/strong><\/p>\n “Here was someone that young people recognized as one of their own who led a life grounded in the Christian faith,” Scorsese notes. “How did that happen? We don’t know. We only know that, throughout his life, so short, he tried to do good for his family and his friends and his church. And he used the tool of the Internet, so he’s a very special figure in the world today.”<\/p>\n “And I’m also very happy with my daughter Francesca’s work as a director on this episode,” the proud father adds.<\/p>\n