Pope offers prayers to family of ‘Vatican girl’ who went missing 40 years ago
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers and solidarity to the family of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago in one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries. Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on 22nd June, 1983, after a music lesson in central Rome. Pope […]
Vatican says has new leads on missing schoolgirl, 40 years after she vanished
Vatican CityReuters A Vatican prosecutor said on Thursday he had uncovered new leads “worthy of further investigation” into the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl, who vanished 40 years ago. Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on 22nd June, 1983 following a music lesson in Rome. She was 15 at […]
Pope Francis calls “insinuations” against John Paul II unfounded
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday rejected as offensive and unfounded what he called insinuations by the brother of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago about one of his predecessors as pontiff, Saint John Paul II. Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on 22nd June, […]
Papal official rejects new claims in ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican pushed back hard Friday at “slanderous” insinuations against St John Paul II that were aired following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. The kerfuffle erupted after Emanuela Orlandi’s brother, Pietro, spent eight hours meeting Tuesday with Vatican prosecutors, who earlier this […]
Pope wants light shed on 40-year-old mystery of missing Vatican girl
Vatican City Reuters One of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl 40 years ago, entered a new chapter on Tuesday when her brother met with a Vatican investigator whom Pope Francis has given free rein to get to the bottom of the case. Over the past four decades tombs have been […]
Vatican reopens investigation into teen’s 1983 disappearance
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican said Monday it has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, months after a new Netflix documentary purported to shed new light on the case and weeks after her family asked the Italian Parliament to take up the cause. The Vatican prosecutor, Alessandro […]
In Italy, parliamentary inquest eyed for missing ‘Vatican Girl’
Rome, ItalyAP Opposition lawmakers in Italy are seeking a parliamentary commission of inquiry into three cold cases that have consumed the Italian public’s imagination for decades, including the 1983 disappearance of a 15-year-old that was highlighted in the Netflix documentary, Vatican Girl. The aim of the inquest, said Senator Carlo Calenda, would be to pressure […]