The Vatican has officially confirmed the existence of a confidential document related to the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican citizen and the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee.
Alessandro Diddi, the Vatican’s Promoter of Justice, disclosed the development during a public event in Rome, clarifying that the document has been located after years of speculation.
Diddi acknowledged: “We found the dossier. Pietro (the brother of Emanuela Orlandi) spoke a lot about it. The content is confidential,” reported Rome Reports, emphasizing the Vatican’s ongoing cooperation with Italian authorities in the matter.
Orlandi’s case has been one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, entangled with theories ranging from organized crime to Vatican scandals. The dossier is rumored to be a comprehensive “historical reconstruction” of events surrounding her disappearance, though its exact contents remain undisclosed due to investigative secrecy, reported Il Messaggero.
The Orlandi family’s lawyer noted that they have sought access to the dossier since 2017. They described the document’s acknowledgment as a “critical step,” questioning why the dossier’s existence was denied publicly for years, reporter ZENIT.
Reportedly, the document may have been compiled by Georg Gänswein, former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, and includes insights from Paolo Gabriele, the late papal butler involved in Vatileaks.
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