Emanuela Orlandi, a citizen of the Vatican, left home on June 22, 1983 angry with her brother, who did not want to take her to the music school on a motorcycle. After class, around 7:00 p.m., the girl calls the phone and talks to her sister. She tells him that she is going to a job to distribute advertising for 175 euros. A bogus job, offered by a middle-aged man, as the investigation later revealed.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of that disastrous day, when the trail of Emanuela, the daughter of a government official, was lost. Vatican.

Only the family knew of the disappearance, until John Paul II He made it public 11 days later during the Angelus. “I am close to the Orlandi family, who are grieving for their 15-year-old daughter Emanuela. I share the anguish and fear of the parents. I do not lose hope in the sense of humanity of whoever is responsible in this case,” he said then. .

The person(s) responsible for this disappearance, four decades later, are still hidden. The hypotheses range from pederasty in the vatican to a spy network to blackmail the pope and force him to release Ali Agkathe man who tried to assassinate him on May 13, 1981. Another theory points to extortion by the Roman mafia.

This Thursday, the Vatican prosecutor, alessandro diddi, has confirmed that there are lines of investigation worth furthering and has sent all the documentation of the case to the Roman prosecutor’s office. In a statement, it details: “He proceeded to examine the material, confirming some lines of investigation worthy of deepening and sending all the related documentation, in recent weeks, to the Rome prosecutor’s office, so that they can examine it and proceed in the direction it deems more suitable”.

Emmanuel’s brother, Pietro Orlandidoes not lose hope and wants Pope Francis to remember the case of his sister next Sunday, June 25.

The Orlandis do not give up and 40 years later they continue struggling to unravel one of the biggest mysteries that the Vatican hides.