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A general view of Palazzo della Cancelleria, a renaissance building in the center of Rome that holds the Vatican Supreme Court, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pietro Orlandi, right, brother of Manuela, a 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee disappeared in 1983, is flanked by his lawyer Laura Sgro, left, as he attends a press conference on the establishing of a parliamentary investigative commission on Manuela Orlandi and other cold cases, in Rome, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

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Pietro Orlandi wears a placard with a picture of his sister Emanuela during a sit-in near Saint Peter’s Basilica, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Brother of ‘Vatican Girl’ says Vatican tried to block parliamentary inquest

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Pietro Orlandi wears a placard with a picture of his sister Emanuela during a sit-in near Saint Peter’s Basilica, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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