The Vatican has decided to Vatican
open an internal probe into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a
15-year-old Vatican citizen who disappeared in the summer of
1983, Orlandi's family lawyer Laura Sgrò said Wednesday.
She said the Secretariat of State had "authorised the opening
of an investigation" into a grave in the Teutonic Cemetery
inside the Vatican that some think may be Orlandi's.
The Vatican said on March 27 it was handling a request from
Orlandi's family to see if the tomb was that of Orlandi.
"We're handling it, we'll find a way. I can't say any more,"
said the Vatican tribunal's promoter of justice, Gian Pierto
Milano.
On March 4 Orlandi's family asked the Vatican to reopen what
it calls a "suspect" tomb in the Teutonic Cemetery in the
Vatican.
"I can confirm that the letter from Emanuela Orlandi's family
has been received by (Secretary of State) Cardinal Pietro
Parolin," said interim Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.
He said their request to have the tomb reopened "will now be
studied".
A lawyer for the Orlandi family said "seeing that the Pope
has decided to open the Vatican Archives for the Pontificate of
Pius XII in 2020, we make an appeal to the pontiff to give us
access to the dossier that regards the investigation into the
disappearance of Emanule Orlandi".
Last summer the Orlandi family lawyer received an anonymous
note saying "seek where the angel indicates".
Investigations then led the family to think her remains might
be in the tomb, which is pointed to by an angel on the cemetery
wall holding a sheet saying RIP.
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