Pope Francis called Gino Cecchettin, the father of the 22-year-old biomedical engineering student Giulia who was kidnapped and murdered by her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta in 2023, to express his closeness and support, it emerged on Tuesday.
Giulia Cecchettin’s father, Gino. (Photo: ANSA)
Cecchettin made the revelation during a presentation of his book Dear Giulia at the Verdi theatre in Padua.
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