Emanuela Orlandi Archives

Italy’s most notorious unsolved mystery illustrates Vatican’s trust deficit

May 27, 2020

When it comes to reform efforts of any sort, the Vatican doesn’t just face challenges in the here-and-now. It also faces a historical trust deficit, grounded in genuine episodes of cover-up and scandal which have been part of the Vatican’s history almost as much as Bernini’s colonnade and the Swiss Guard.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Case closed: Vatican says bones are not those of missing woman

Apr 30, 2020

Because all of the human bones found in a Vatican cemetery last summer were at least 100 years old, the Vatican City State court officially closed its investigation into the possibility that some of the remains belonged to a teenage woman missing for more than 30 years.

By Cindy Wooden

Vatican: Bones found at cemetery do not belong to missing woman

Jul 29, 2019

The Vatican press office said that the results of a morphological analysis of bones and bone fragments found at an ossuary in a Vatican cemetery concluded that none belonged to Emanuela Orlandi, a young Italian woman who has been missing for more than 30 years.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Forensic experts to study ‘thousands of bones’ found in Vatican ossuaries

Jul 22, 2019

During a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, workers discovered an enormous number of bones inside two ossuaries in a building next to a Vatican cemetery.

By Carol Glatz

Vatican mystery over missing girl deepens; 2 ossuaries found

Jul 13, 2019

The mystery of the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee took yet another twist Saturday following excavations this week at a Vatican City cemetery.

By Nicole Winfield

Vatican tomb examinations come up empty-handed

Jul 11, 2019

On Thursday much of the excitement over the opening of two Vatican tombs in search of the remains of a missing Italian teen was put to rest when the graves, belonging to two German princesses, were found empty.

By Elise Harris