Pope 'breaks taboo' with prayer for missing Vatican teen

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 25, 2023 9:01 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the family of a teenager who went missing 40 years ago this week, an intervention her brother hailed as a sign the Vatican was finally engaging seriously with its most famous cold case.

Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, was last seen leaving a music class in Rome on June 22, 1983.

Emanuela Orlandi's brother Pietro Orlandi (center) talks with journalists at the end of Pope's Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on June 25, 2023. Emanuela Orlandi disappeared while returning home in Rome on June 22, 1983. AFP PHOTO

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