40 years after her disappearance, Pope Francis reopens case of Emanuela Orlandi
has made transparency one of the main themes of his decade-long reign at the Vatican. He has demanded – and, to varying degrees, gained – greater openness when it comes to the Holy See’s financial affairs, its judiciary and sexual-abuse cases.
The timing of Francis’s announcement seemed to be no accident. It came 10 days after the death of his predecessor,Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela OrlandiIt also came shortly after Italian opposition lawmakers sought a parliamentary commission into three cold cases, including that of Emanuela.
The news delighted Emanuela’s family, whose brother Pietro, along with the family’s lawyer, Laura Sagrò, have led the long campaign to revive the investigation into her disappearance. They have condemned the Holy See’s long “silence” on the case and now believe the answers lie inside the Vatican. Another thesis, apparently also related to John Paul’s Polish campaign, said she was taken by the Mafia as a bargaining chip, because the Vatican had financed Solidarity with Mafia funds transferred from Italy’s Banco Ambrosiano to the Vatican Bank – or so this particular conspiracy theory went. Banco Ambrosiano was led by Roberto Calvi, known as “God’s banker” because of his close connections to the Vatican’s financial structure.
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