(Chatholic Herald. Crux Staff).
ROME – Pope Francis has repeated his own desire that the truth surrounding the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi finally emerge, just as the Italian Parliament is gearing up to launch a large-scale investigation of the infamous “Vatican Girl” case. “In the Vatican, we are still suffering greatly from the disappearance, more than forty years ago, of one of our citizens, Emanuela Orlandi, who was fifteen years old at the time,” the Pope said, noting that an inquiry has been opened at the Vatican to “shed light on the story and bring out the truth”. He added: “I continue to pray for her and her family, especially her mother…I would like every family that is mourning the loss of one of their own to feel my closeness. I am at their side.”