During the weekly ceremony of the Angelus a group people led by Pietro Orllandi -the brother of Emanuela Orlandi- marched silently and tried to deliver to Benedict XVI a petition letter signed by 40.000 citizens and a photo of Emanuela in hopes the Holy Father can do its utmost to shed light on one of the most enigmatic and unsolved cases of the last 3 decades in Italy.
Emanuela, the daughter of a Vatican employee is infact missing since 1983 when she was kidnapped at 15. During the last 28 years the numerous political-criminal theories and proceedings led to anything useful to her finding.
At the end of the march, Italian police officers denied to photojournalist the access to St. Peter square, preventing to report the complete story. Nevertheless some journalists were able to circumvent the controls.
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To join the appeal, just send an email to:
ReplyDeletepetizione.emanuela@libero.it
stating: "I join the petition to Pope Benedict XVI for the truth about Emanuela Orlandi"
the following details: Name and surname, ADDRESS AND CITY 'OF RESIDENCE, TELEPHONE NUMBER AND PROFESSION
Your Holiness,
I turn to you in your dual capacity as head of state and representative of Christ on earth to ask you to engage in all that is humanly possible to ascertain the truth about the fate of your compatriot Emanuela Orlandi,missing from Rome since the 22nd of june, 1983.The abduction of a young girl is the most serious offense to religious values and civil society:The greatest injustice of all has been done to Emanuela,she has been denied the opportunity to choose her own life.I put my trust in a decisive and inspired action on your behalf because after 28 years, the bodies responsible for ascertaining the truth (internal and external to the Vatican State) take every action and decision useful to clarify the incident.An act so Christian would only give light to your highest spiritual teaching, freeing the family of Emanuela and the many who have loved her from the agonizing eternal waiting.
THE TRUTH FOR EMANUELA ORLANDI - The 10 questions
ReplyDelete1)Emanuela Orlandi,15 years old, citizen of vatican city, daughter of Ercole, messanger of the Pope, student of a secondary school and a music lover, she was taken away from her family on the 22nd of june 1983. In the previous months the SDECE(the french secret services) had launched an alarm about the impending seizure/kidnap of a vatican city citizen.
WHY DID THE HOLY SEE AND THE ITALIAN STATE (MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, POWER OF ATTORNEY, INVESTIGATIVE BODIES) UNDERESTIMATE OR DENY THIS ALARM?
2) Three months after the seizure an agent of the SISDE (italian secret services) announced to the family: "Within the next 15 days we will return Emanuela to you, I advice you to bring her outside Rome in a peaceful place, because she is tired and stressed".
He then denied that he ever pronounced these words.
WHAT DID HE KNOW OR WHAT HAD HIS SUPERIORS TOLD HIM?
3) On Christmas eve 1983 Pope John Paul ll, during a visit to the Orlandi family home, said to the family: "Emanuela's story is a case of international terrorism".
WHAT ELEMENTS WERE IN HIS POSSESSION? WHAT DID HE KNOW? WHY WAS THIS LINE OF INVESTIGATION LATER BURIED AND FORGOTTON ABOUT??
4) WHY WASN'T THE POPE WHO WAS LATER BEATIFIED, WHO WAS ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN THE WALLS OF BERLIN AND HAVE MILLIONS OF ADMIRERS AND FAITHFULS, NOT ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE AROUND THE SEIZURE OF AN INNOCENT GIRL, ONE OF HIS CO-CITIZENS OF VATICAN CITY?
5)The tapes with the telephone calls between the kidnappers and the secretary of state to ask for ALI AGCA in exchange for Emanuela are missing.
WHY DID VATICAN CITY REJECT ALL THE ROGATORY LETTERS FROM THE ITALIAN STATE AND SYSTEMATICALLY DENIED THE COLLABORATION FORESEEN BY THE LATERAN PACTS?
6) A senior official of the vatican surveillance, ten years after the kidnapping, on the eve of his questioning by the Public Prosecutor asked his superior how he was to behave, these are his orders: "do not say anything about the things you know....especially don't say that the thing has gone to the Secretary of State ... ". The conversation was intercepted.
Is it true that this official,investigated for reticence, has obtained the citizenship of Vatican city and is still in service in the Holy See?.Why haven't the Italian prosecutors and the Vatican itself never explained this fact?
7)In august 1983, Emanuela, according to two witnesses, was brought to Alto Adige (northern Italy) and from there onto Germany. Following these reports an investigation was opened with four suspects for kidnapping, among whom an official of the SISMI, brother in law of the owner of the farm where Emanuela was seen entering.
Why was this inquiry never announced? Based on what evidence they arrived at the acquittal in 1997?
8)WHY IN 1997 WAS IT DECIDED NOT TO GRANT AN EXTENSION TO THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF EMANUELA ORLANDI, AND ON THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF POPE JOHN PAUL II?
9)WHY DIDN'T THE LEAD ON THE "BANDA DELLA MAGLIANA"(A ROMAN CRIMINAL GROUP) PASSED IN FRONT OF PUBLIC OPINION AS DECISIVE IN THE CASE,NOT BRING CONCRETE RESULTS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE 2008? The only suspect jailed (for other reasons) has since been freed.
10)WHY FOR YEARS IS THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR OF ROME(AFTER HAVING ANNOUNCED IT SEVERAL TIMES) DELAYING OPENING THE TOMB OF THE MAGLIANA BOSS, ENRICO DE PEDIS CALLED "RENATINO", UNEXPLAINABLY BURIED IN THE BASILICA OF ST. APOLLINARIS IN ROME?