Pope Francis has remembered Emanuela Orlandi, the young woman who disappeared 40 years ago and whose case is one of the great unsolved enigmas in Italywhen expressing his “closeness” to the family of what is known as ‘the girl from the Vatican’.
“These days mark the 40th anniversary of the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. I want to take advantage of this circumstance to once again express my closeness to her relatives, especially to the mother and assure him my pray“, said the pontiff at the end of the Sunday Angelus prayer.
“I extend my memory to all the families who carry the pain of a missing loved one,” he added.
Among the thousands of faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square to listen to Francis were some relatives of the young woman, such as su hermano Pietro Orlandiwho had shown his hope that the pope would say a word about Emanuela and had organized a demonstration that ended precisely in the Vatican.
“I hope that the Pope can express a few words of hope so that we can arrive at the truth and I sincerely have no doubt that they will arrive, because It was he who opened this investigationwhich means that there is a willingness on their part to clarify things,” he said on Wednesday.