The Vatican’s chief prosecutor confirmed at a public event on Wednesday that despite prior denials, the Vatican does possess a confidential file on the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi — the ...

The 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi has all the makings of a Dan Brown novel. Theories about it involve the Catholic Church, ancient tombs, and the Italian mafia. However, unlike Dan Brown’s ...

One of Italy's most infamous unsolved mysteries has been officially opened as an investigation by the Vatican. 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi disappeared in 1983 after leaving her home in the separate ...

The case of Emanuela Orlandi remains one of the most enigmatic chapters in recent Vatican history. She vanished on June 22, 1983, and the truth behind her disappearance has yet to be uncovered.

Daughter Gianna Emanuela Molla and others testify to a blessed union. Clockwise from top left: St. Gianna and Pietro Molla lived a holy marriage and were blessed with children. Pietro is seen with ...

The mysterious disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican official is Italy's most enduring cold case. Emanuela Orlandi vanished while on her way home from a flute lesson in July 1983, and ...

ROME—There are few conspiracy theories that captivate conspiratorial Italians as much as the disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican employee who vanished outside an ...

The Catholic Church's leading exorcist priest has sensationally claimed a missing schoolgirl thought to be buried in a murdered gangster's tomb was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties. Father Gabriel ...

ROME—The Vatican has decided to reopen its investigation of a four-decade old mystery, after a popular Netflix documentary drew renewed attention to the case late last year. Vatican prosecutors will ...

At a spring 2018 gala honoring St. Gianna Beretta Molla in Fargo, North Dakota, attended by her youngest of four children, Gianna Emanuela, guests learned of plans for a center dedicated to the fruits ...

ROME — The brother of a teenager who vanished in 1983, sparking a decades-long mystery that has gripped Italy, believes Pope Francis knows what happened to her. Pietro Orlandi said “the truth needs to ...