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ROME: The Vatican is opening an inquiry into the disappearance of a teenager 40 years ago, a case that has sparked countless theories and a hit TV series.

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.

The Vatican has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee

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.

Emanuela Orlandi case has triggered several theories but never yielded any concrete answers

Vatican reopens investigation into 1983 disappearance of 15-year-old daughter of employee

Pope Francis on Monday privately met Archbishop Georg Ganswein, former Pope Benedict's closest aide, who has rattled the Vatican with a book describing what he says were the strains while two men wearing white lived within its ancient walls.

Pope Francis has met with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI

‘The right to life is also threatened in those places where the death penalty continues to be imposed’

Pope Francis on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators demanding greater respect for women. The pope's remarks, made in his yearly speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, were his strongest since the start of nationwide protests in Iran following the death last September of 22-year-old…

Pope Francis has broken his silence on the nationwide protests convulsing Iran