Bombshell Twist In Decades-Old Cold Case Of The ‘Vatican Girl’ Who Vanished 42 Years Ago The breakthrough could finally provide the answers the Orlandi family has been seeking for more than 40 years. Bored Panda · Dec 24, 2025
Mystery of the ‘Vatican girl’ who vanished 42 years ago as new twist emerges in cold case The disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi shot to international attention when it was linked to a host of conspiracy theories The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025
Vatican says new leads are worth pursuing in the disappearance of employee's daughter 40 years ago Exactly 40 years after the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared, the Vatican announced new leads “worthy of further investigation” have surfaced The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023
The pope and Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican back in the spotlight over mystery of missing girl She was 15 when she was last seen alive in Rome. Her brother explains why he backs a new theory featured in a TV show The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023
Pope Francis attacks ‘insinuations’ that John Paul II prowled for underage girls Pope defends predecessor after remarks by brother of 15-year-old girl who went missing in Rome in 1983 The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023
Pope Francis calls 'insinuations' against John Paul II unfounded 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. Reuters · Apr 16, 2023
Pope slams 'insinuations' against John Paul II as baseless Pope Francis has publicly defended St. John Paul II, slamming as “offensive and baseless” what he called recent insinuations about the late pontiff The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2023
Papal official rejects new claims in 'Vatican Girl' mystery The Vatican is pushing back hard against insinuations against St. John Paul II that were aired following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the daughter of a Vatican employee The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023
Emanuela Orlandi vanished 40 years ago. Why is the Vatican just now opening an investigation? Nearly four decades after 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi went missing, the Vatican opened its first official inquest into the case. Andrea Blanco explains her disappearance and asks, why now? The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
Vatican to investigate unsolved mystery of teenager who went missing four decades ago Emanuela Orlandi, 15, was last seen going to a music lesson in central Rome before she disappeared in what has become one of Italy's most high-profile mysteries of all time Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023
Emanuela Orlandi vanished 40 years ago. Why is the Vatican just now opening an investigation? Nearly four decades after 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi went missing, the Vatican opened its first official inquest into the case. Andrea Blanco explains her disappearance and asks, why now? The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023
The Vatican reopens a 40-year-old case of an employee's daughter who disappeared The Vatican opened a file on the disappearance of a teenage girl months after a new Netflix documentary aired on the case and weeks after her family asked the Italian Parliament to take up the cause. WEKU · Jan 10, 2023
Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican reopens investigation into teen’s 1983 disappearance The Vatican has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023
The Vatican has reopened the investigation into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. Here's the latest on her case Emanuela Orlandi, who lived in the Vatican City as the daughter of an employee, was 15 years old when she went missing. The mystery of her case has gripped Italy for decades. ABC News · Jan 10, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Vatican reopens investigation into teen's 1983 disappearance Vatican reopens investigation into 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old daughter of employee
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022 Italy: Parliamentary inquest eyed for missing 'Vatican Girl' 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