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Vatican Pursues New Leads in 40-Year-Old Disappearance Case.

The Vatican has said that new leads have surfaced in the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. The Vatican's criminal prosecutor has forwarded all relevant evidence to prosecutors in Rome and vowed to keep pursuing the case. Orlandi's disappearance has been linked to various scenarios, including a plot to kill St. John Paul II and a financial scandal involving the Vatican bank. Last year, a Netflix documentary explored the case and provided new testimony from a friend who said Orlandi had told her a high-ranking Vatican cleric had made sexual advances toward her.

via USA TODAY|

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Vatican to Provide Evidence in 1983 Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi.

The Vatican has announced that new leads have emerged in the 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, daughter of a Vatican employee. The case has been linked to various scenarios, including a plot to kill St. John Paul II and a financial scandal involving the Vatican bank and Rome's criminal underworld. The Vatican's criminal prosecutor has forwarded all relevant evidence to prosecutors in Rome and vowed to keep pursuing the case. Orlandi's family has pressed for an Italian parliamentary commission of inquiry, and a sit-in protest is planned near the Vatican.

via CBS News|

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Vatican Provides Evidence and Pursues Leads in 1983 Disappearance Case.

The Vatican has announced that it will hand over evidence to the Rome city prosecutor in the case of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of one of its employees, who vanished in 1983. The Vatican has been criticized for its handling of the case, and in January, it opened a fresh investigation. The Vatican's promoter of justice has found "investigatory leads that merit further consideration" and will send "all the relevant documents" to the prosecutor. This marks the first time the Vatican has publicly handed over documents to Italian authorities.

via CNN|

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Pope Francis defends John Paul II against baseless claims of underage girl prowling.

The Vatican has dismissed "slanderous" claims against St John Paul II following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. Pietro Orlandi, Emanuela's brother, recently met with Vatican prosecutors and provided an audiotape from a purported Roman mobster insinuating that John Paul would go out looking for underage girls to molest. The Vatican's editorial director, Andrea Tornielli, blasted the recording and Orlandi's airing of it on national television as slanderous and noted that the insinuation was accompanied by "no evidence, clues, testimonies or corroboration."

via Euronews|

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Pope Francis Refutes Allegations of John Paul II's Involvement with Missing Teen Emanuela Orlandi.

Pope Francis defended Pope John Paul II after allegations were raised that the former pope sought out underage girls to molest. The allegations were raised in relation to the 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, who lived in the Vatican and vanished in 1983. Her brother, Pietro Orlandi, has vowed to discover what happened to her and recently met with the Vatican’s chief prosecutor. The suspicion regarding Emanuela Orlandi’s disappearance was rooted in allegations that the Vatican often housed sex slaves—young women and nuns—who were abused by clergymen.

via The Daily Beast|

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Pope Francis defends John Paul II against unfounded accusations.

Pope Francis has rejected insinuations made by the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago, about his predecessor, Saint John Paul II. Pietro Orlandi, Emanuela's brother, played an audio recording on a TV programme where the voice of an alleged gangster said that more than 40 years ago, girls were brought into the Vatican to be molested and that Pope John Paul knew about it. The Vatican has condemned Orlandi's comments as "sleazy" and "ignoble".

via Reuters|

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Pope dismisses accusations against John Paul II.

Pope Francis defended St. John Paul II, condemning as "offensive and baseless" insinuations that recently surfaced about the late pontiff. The Vatican's media apparatus had described as "slanderous" an audiotape from a purported Roman mobster who insinuated that John Paul would go out looking for underage girls to molest. The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee who lived at the Vatican, in 1983 is an enduring mystery that has spawned countless theories and so far fruitless investigations in the decades since.

via The Associated Press|

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Pope calls for investigation into disappearance of Vatican girl after 40 years.

The Vatican's most enduring mystery, the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl 40 years ago, has entered a new chapter as her brother met with a Vatican investigator whom Pope Francis has given free rein to get to the bottom of the case. The case has been the subject of on-and-off investigations in Italy and the Vatican, and has drawn fresh worldwide attention following the release of the Netflix series "Vatican Girl". Theories about Orlandi's disappearance have run the gamut, but the Vatican's openness and the pope's determination to find the truth is "absolutely positive," according to the family lawyer.

via Reuters.com|

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