The hope of the relatives of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared in the Vatican 40 years ago, is reborn
Pietro Orlandi, the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, who died in the Vatican in 1984, mobilizes with the support committees, at the Vatican, January 14, 2023. AP - Cecilia Fabiano
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It is one of the most mysterious disappearances in Italy and in the Vatican, that of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl whose father was an employee of the smallest state in the world.
After years of false leads, the Vatican justice decided this week, for the first time, to open an investigation.
Last night, relatives of Emanuela Orlandi organized a demonstration to ask the Pope and the Vatican for the truth.
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With our correspondent in Rome,
Éric Sénanque
This time they believe it.
About 200 people gathered close to the Vatican to listen to Pietro Orlandi, whose sister vanished 40 years ago.
For the first time, Vatican justice has announced the opening of an investigation to determine the circumstances of the disappearance of the young girl, a Vatican citizen, who never returned from her music class.
An announcement that restored faith to Pietro Orlandi.
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I expect that there is above all the will and the honesty to do things with clarity, to manage, in the end, to do justice to my sister, by telling the truth.
I have always said that this investigation could have been short if on the part of the Vatican, there had been the will to say things, because I have always been convinced of this, they know…
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In his quest for the truth, Emanuela Orlandi's brother is not alone.
For forty years, dozens of support committees demanding the truth have been born throughout Italy.
Daniela is one of them.
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We have always followed this story,
she said,
hope that with this decision to open an investigation, which will mark a milestone, the truth can finally come out.
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From the mafia to terrorism via Masonic lodges, the mystery of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi has held Italy in suspense for 40 years.
Pietro Orlandi will organize another demonstration on June 22, the day his sister disappeared, with the hope that the truth can finally be known.
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