After the premiere of “The Girl from the Vatican”, the Catholic Church reopened the case of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, during the mandate of Pope John Paul II on June 22, 1983, having been kidnapped when she was returning from a flute class. The family lived in the European microstate because they were employees of the papal household.
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This event paralyzed Italy 40 years ago and various theories arose that she had been kidnapped by a gang so that the Vatican release Mehmet Ali Agca, a person who had been imprisoned for attempting on the life of the pope. Alessandro Diddy, promoter of justice for the small nation, reopened the case after several requests at the hands of Pietro, the older brother of the missing young woman.
“We found out about the investigation thanks to the press. We wrote to Francisco a year ago to speak with the promoter of justice. We are very happy to know that he was reopened and we hope that this will provide concrete answers, ”said Laura Sgró, the family’s lawyer. For his part, the member of the Vatican He stated that “all files, papers, documents, reports, information and testimonies connected with the case will be re-examined so as not to leave a stone uninvestigated.”
In addition to Orlandi’s disappearanceit will also delve into that of Mirella Gregori, a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in Rome a week before this situation with Emanuela occurred. Since the 1980s, it has been estimated that both cases may be connected.
Benedict’s Assistant Book
Although the disappearance has had media pressure for several years and the emergence of the Netflix documentary has made the investigation very present in public discourse again, the resumption of this comes hand in hand with the launch of a very controversial book.
Georg Gänswein, a personal secretary and close confidant of Pope Benedict, said he was going to discuss the Orlandi case in a book he wrote and will publish later this week.
