Pope Francis: appeal for peace in Ukraine, meeting with Tim Cook & European Court of Human Rights on

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Subscribe to our newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/ewtn/vatican Europeas Court of Human Rights on Euthanasia Today, in a major case on the right to life, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of Tom Mortier. His mother Godlieva de Troyer was euthanized  by lethal injection in 2012, aged 64, without even informing her family including Tom. Her euthanasia was conducted on the basis of a diagnosis of “incurable depression”. In the case of Mortier v. Belgium, the Court found that Belgium violated the European Convention on Human Rights when it failed to properly examine the alarming circumstances leading to her euthanasia.   Human Rights advocates at ADF International who supported the case, see this as a landmark ruling in favour of the right to life for all human beings from conception to the natural death.     Two New Saints for the Catholic Church Next Sunday, October 9, the Catholic Church will have two new saints: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide Zatti.    Scalabrini was Bishop of Piacenza from the age of 37 and founded the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, also known as the Scalabrinians. Its mission was to provide pastoral care to the immigrants leaving Italy at the turn of the 20th century.     The second new saint is called Artemide Zatti. He was born in the Italian region of Emilia. He emigrated to Argentina where he met the Salesians and considered taking up religious life. However, after contracting tuberculosis, he decided not to become a priest, but, instead, travelled to Patagonia where he took up his ultimate vocation: caring for the sick. Zatti ran the hospital founded by the Salesians until his death in 1951. He was beatified in 2002.     Pope Francis tried to help Ukraine, Russia prisoner swap  Pope Francis has said that he was involved in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.  Speaking to Jesuits during his trip to Kazakhstan earlier this month, the pope said a Ukrainian military chief and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s religious adviser came to him with a request for help, bringing a list of more than 300 hundred prisoners that the Ukranian government wanted to exchange. Pope Francis immediately called the Russian ambassador to speed up the exchange.  The Pope has repeatedly condemned the war in Ukraine, calling for an end to hostilities.  Nobel Prize-winning bishop accused of abuse   He had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 along with José Ramos-Horta for working toward "a just and peaceful resolution of the conflict in East Timor." But during those very years, Bishop Filipe Ximenes Belo, apostolical administrator of Dili from 1988 to 2022, allegedly abused minors. The allegations emerged in recent days when a Dutch newspaper reported the anonymous testimonies of some victims.   The Vatican confirmed Thursday that Bishop Belo has been under “certain disciplinary restrictions” since September 2020 related to accusations of sexual abuse of minors.   Pope Francis appeals to Putin for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine  Pope Francis made a direct appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for an immediate ceasefire on Sunday, imploring him to end the “spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine.  Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Oct. 2, the pope dedicated nearly all of his Angelus address to the war in Ukraine.  “I deeply deplore the grave situation that has arisen in recent days … It increases the risk of nuclear escalation, giving rise to fears of uncontrollable and catastrophic consequences worldwide,” Pope Francis said.  “My appeal is addressed first and foremost to the president of the Russian Federation, imploring him to stop this spiral of violence and death, also for the sake of his people,” he said.  The pope also appealed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be “open to serious proposals for peace”  Pope Francis Met with Apple’s CEO  Pope Francis met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Vatican on Monday morning.   Cook spoke privately with Pope Francis on Oct. 3, the eve of the feast day of the pope’s namesake, St. Francis of Assisi — known for embracing radical poverty. Apple’s stock market value reached $3 trillion in June.  The technology executive has been in Italy since Sept. 28. He first travelled to Naples, where he launched the first Apple Developer Academy in Europe and received an honorary degree from the University of Naples Federico II.

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