Kidnapped From the Vatican: The Emanuela Orlandi Story

Summary by Krater

Pietro Orlandi investigates the 1983 disappearance of his 15-year-old sister Emanuela inside Vatican City, examining the silence of church officials, the mysterious phone calls, and the discovery of a mobster buried in a basilica crypt.

From the video

Answers: What happened to Emanuela Orlandi and what role did the Vatican play in her disappearance?

• Emanuela Orlandi disappearance
• Vatican City history
• Pope John Paul II statements
• Magliana gang
• Enrico De Pedis tomb
• Roberto Calvi letter

What it concludes

• Pope John Paul II's public appeals referenced inside information regarding Emanuela Orlandi's kidnapping that the family did not have.
• The Vatican Bank and secret service files were altered or withheld to hide the involvement of figures connected to the Magliana gang.
• Enrico De Pedis, a notorious gang leader, was inexplicably entombed in the crypt of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare, a resting place normally reserved for high-ranking figures.
• Roberto Calvi's 1982 letter to the Pope threatened to expose the Vatican's use of stolen gang money to finance the Polish trade union Solidarity.
• Vatican and Italian authorities engaged in a secret negotiation between 2011 and 2012 regarding Emanuela Orlandi's disappearance and the removal of De Pedis's body.