Exposing Vatican Secrets: The Emanuela Orlandi Mystery (Vatican Conspiracy Doc) | Real Stories

[Music] my name is Petro orandi 5 years ago I walked this same path through the Vatican St Peter Square surrounded by 200 th joyful worshippers it was March 18th 2013 the day of Pope francis's inauguration devoted followers from around the world celebrated their faith and The Man Who Would guide us towards a bright future I should have been there with my sister Emanuel instead I was alone looking to our new pope for answers seeing me the head of security whispered a message then Pope Francis assured me your sister is in heaven I was touched and

stunned how did the Pope know my sister was [Music] dead I have been trying to unravel the mystery of my sister's fate for the past 35 years to do so I need to start at the beginning Emanuel and I along with our three sisters were born and raised in Vatican City the world's smallest state and home to only 444 citizens it was like living in a village with the Pope as our beloved protector inside its walls my sisters and I felt [Music] safe my father worked at the Vatican prefecture where he oversaw all private audiences

with Pope Paul v 6 Pope John Paul the and Pope John Paul II throughout his tenure he was loyal and devoted we were honored to meet with John Paul II many times as he felt a responsibility to commune with the families in Residence Emanuel was happy here posing with the Pope even though she was embarrassed by her large classes despite our 8-year age difference we were always close and I watched with pride as she pursued her passion for music but our peaceful world inside the Vatican walls would soon be [Music] shattered on May 13th 1981

Pope John Paul the second was passing through an adoring crowd of supporters when the piercing crack of gunshots rang out the pope was struck four times and would fight for his life as doctors worked to save him we were left to Grapple with agonizing new questions how could something like this happen to the [Music] pope who could want him dead the answers would become inextricably linked to the tragedy that struck my family 2 years later June 22nd 1983 was a very hot day Emanuel then 15 wanted me to take her to the music school but

my girlfriend had already asked me to drive her to the university and complained that he usually favored my little sister I decided that this time I would leave emanuela go to her lessons alone she became angry and we argued I refused to change my mind and she stormed out alone [Music] later that afternoon emanuella called home and spoke with our sister Fred R she said that on her way to the music school a man had stopped her to offer a great job Distributing promotional materials for Avon emanuela left school and walked along Coro reimo to

the bus stop in front of the Senate building one of the last people to see her was her classmate Maria Gracia Cassini emanuela should have been on her way home but she stayed stayed behind presumably to meet the man who' offered her the Avon job my elder sister Natalina remembers that night like it was yesterday that night nobody slept as my family prayed for Emmanuel's return I searched the [Music] streets at dawn Natalina went to the authorities to file a missing person's report without police support we took matters into our own hands printing hundreds of

posters and Rome awoke to emanuel's face plastered throughout its streets over the next 10 days police continued to ignore the case until a shocking message confirmed that someone in power was taking my sister's fate seriously [Music] [Music] [Music] for the Pope's words took us by surprise they referenced information that we emanuel's family didn't have he spoke of those responsible he implied that emanuela had been kidnapped this was an astonishing Revelation but why had the police told us this and what else might the pope know about emanuel's where El as we struggle to understand the Pope's

statement also made waves in the media Andrea purgatori is a journalist who followed the story of my sister's disappearance for the last 35 years and I hoped he could shed some new light on the case [Applause] it seemed likely that as the pope shared his message with the public he was hiding key information about my sister's disappearance but why the Pope's words may have been intended for emanuel's kidnappers but they also moved a local traffic patrolman to come forward with an important tip about the day my sister went missing [Applause] [Music] the witness worked with

police to create a composite sketch of the man believed to have kidnapped emanuela who is this [Music] man 13 days after my sister disappeared my father received a shocking phone call [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] the kidnappers call gave us new hope hope that swelled when we learned that they had also called the VA I press room police in Rome had been treating it as a tragic but more or less routine kidnapping of a young girl but then today Richard Roth reports a phone call changed all that an editor at the Italian news agency Ana who

took the call said the voice was that of a nervous young man with a startling claim we have Emanuel orandi we will free her only when mehmed Ali Aja the papal attacker is free AA is serving a life sentence for shooting the pope 2 years ago investigators here are now trying to find out whether the vatican's first kidnapping in modern times may also provide clues to the attempted assassination here 2 years ago of Pope John [Music] Paul the kidnappers gave authorities only 14 days to secure Ali aa's release they also said that a basket in

a Public Square near Parliament contained proof that emmanuella was indeed in their possession when the police located the basket they found photocopies of my sister's music school ID a receipt and a note in her handwriting but how could the attempted assassination of the Pope be related to Emanuel 's disappearance 3 days before the July 20th deadline Pope John Paul II made another public plea to the kidnappers standing outside his window in front of thousands of people for the whole world to see never before had a pope been so outspoken about a civilian crime [Music] [Music]

in Rome today after Pope John Paul pleaded for the life of 15 yearold Emanuel orand her alleged kidnappers released a tape recording of a woman crying out in pain [Applause] at times I was sure I could make out em Manuel's voice give but since no male voices could be heard I knew the recording had been [Music] edited [Applause] [Applause] I would later obtain a confidential file from the Secret Service that contained the original trans script here were the missing male voices why would such important evidence be edited out by the Secret Service and more importantly

who were these [Applause] men the same day they sent the recording the kidnappers demanded a direct phone line to discuss my sister's release but they weren't talking to the police they wanted to negotiate with the [Music] Vatican [Music] [Music] Cardinal agustino casaroli was the Vatican Secretary of State and renowned for skillful diplomacy in international [Music] matters but the recording stops when Cardinal ceroli takes the call to this day the Vatican refuses to reveal what was said between their Secretary of State and the men who kidnapped my sister [Music] sh the deadline to release Aliaga and

potentially save my sister was only 3 days away so why were the police removing themselves from the negotiations why were they letting the Vatican do their job [Music] the July 20th deadline came and went Aliaga remained in prison and the kidnappers went silent we had no idea if Emanuel was dead or alive throughout this ordeal my father remained faithful in his work for John Paul II they spoke on a daily basis but never of my sister's disappearance it would have been deemed disrespectful for an employee to question the pope and despite my family's Agony the

pope never volunteered any new information driven by sheer desperation my father took action making a candid plea to the [Music] [Music] kidnappers for we [Music] Lake by Christmas Eve Emmanuel had been missing for 6 months with no new evidence or contact from the kidnappers we were alone with our worst [Music] fears but a surprise visit pulled us out of our despair Pope John Paul II shed new light into the dark mystery of emanuel's Fate he said there were two types of terrorism National and international our loss he said was caused by International terrorism and he

would do everything in his power to bring Emanuel [Music] home my mother and father were overcome with gratitude for the pope who had not given up on finding my sister alive his words renewed our confidence in the Vatican State authorities during this same visit John Paul II unexpectedly offered me a job at the Vatican Bank as a 23-year-old with no relevant experience I was [Music] delighted but I would come to wonder was the pope simply trying to comfort us why did he blame International terrorism what else did he know and why wouldn't he tell us

over 20 years would pass without any new leads into emanuel's disappearance the Pope's promise to my family was a distant memory my father had devoted his life to the Vatican and to the three popes he [Music] served but by the time of his death in 2004 he had lost all confidence in the Catholic church with his last breath he lamented I have been betrayed by whom I served Faithfully soon after in April of 2005 Pope John Paul II fell ill slipped into a coma and passed away I had always believed that the pope would one

day share the truth about my sister but that hope died along with him his last wishes confirmed with those final words we were sure that he had taken the secret of my sister's disappearance to the [Music] grave but a year later I learned that Pope John Paul II had appointed Don stanislau a longtime and influential Aid to carry out his final requests and that stanislau had defied the Pope's wishes he declared I did not burn them they were too important I called the John Paul second foundation for over a decade hoping to be granted access

to the personal notes that Don stanislau kept but every request was denied maybe today in 2017 the answer would be [Music] different after 34 years of questions I was ready to get some answers from John Paul II [Music] I searched for hours but found no Trace of the Pope's personal notes nothing could they have been moved perhaps they were never here to begin [Music] with [Music] for after the death of John Paul II Don stanislau was appointed Arch Bishop of krakau in Poland and was thus referred to as Cardinal DWIs I was determined to reach

[Music] himto for okay cardal s jit [Music] Cardinal Stannis lawis never replied to my email or returned any of my calls given the vatican's enduring silence my only hope was that someone outside the church might come forward with new information about my sister on September 12th 2005 22 years after I last saw emmanuella my prayers were answered a local news station received a tip that added a whole new dimension to the case of my sister's disappearance the newspaper started reporting on emanuela's case again and with that my hope of finding the truth was renewed de

Enrico de pedis was the first person to be admitted to the Santa POA Cemetery in over a century what could make this man a known gangster worthy of burial alongside the most revered and respected figures in Rome I demanded that the authorities unearth in Eno de ped's tomb to look for clues that might lead to the truth about my sister but my pleas were ignored so I turned to the media W followed emanuel's case alongside Us in hopes that public pressure would force a change of heart many people expressed solidarity and showed great support in

my search for the [Music] truth but the police the Secret Service and the Vatican remained silent just as they had been for over two decades no one came forth with an official explanation as to why dep's tomb shouldn't be excavated or why he'd been buried at St apas in the first place for [Music] despite three years of effort I hadn't been able to convince the authorities to excavate the Petty's [Music] tomb but on the 25th anniversary of emanuel's disappearance a journalist called with an extraordinary story involving dep Petes and a renowned Beauty Sabrina minardi in

the late 1970s minardi was a famous figure in Rome married to a football Superstar Bruno Giordano but in 1982 she created a scandal leaving geonardo for the Pettis and 26 years later mini had gone to the police with an official statement regarding the events of June 22nd 1983 the day Emanuel went missing their report reads [Music] foru qu City B Mar sinkus Archbishop Paul Kazmir marenus head of the Vatican bank I knew this man he was my boss for many years starting when the pope offered me a job at the Vatican Bank on that Christmas

Eve of 1983 for looking back on that evening when Pope John Paul II offered me a job I had new questions why of all places in the Vatican would he want me in the bank was it so marcinkus could keep an eye on me as I fought to uncover the truth about my sister when I worked at the Vatican bank I had had no knowledge of the magiana gang's possible involvement in my sister's abduction or the connections that deedes had with marcinkus and the [Music] Vatican after 26 years of service I left the Vatican Bank

in 2009 the vatican's official explanation was early re M but in fact I was pushed out perhaps I was getting too close to the truth I continued to pressure Vatican officials to excavate the Pet's tomb until finally in 2012 they [Music] agreed s [Music] with diet's face plastered all over TV and newspapers I suddenly made a connection to the first piece of evidence related to my sister's disappearance the composite drawing described by the traffic patrolman back in 1983 was none other than enrio deedes I finally knew who had kidnapped my sister although no clues related

to my sister were found in dep Pet's tomb it became common knowledge that the Vatican had a business relationship with the Italian mafia shortly after the excavation the stories began to circulate describing huge sums of criminal money being laundered by the Vatican bank money that was said to have [Music] disappeared it became frightfully clear that Emmanuel's abduction was connected to that money and had nothing to do with alyaka the attempted papal assassin that story was fabricated by the Vatican and the mafia to divert The public's attention away from the real culprits and alyaka was merely

a character in their deceptive [Music] play [Music] for if my sister was kidnapped because the magiana gang wanted their money back from the Vatican Bank it begs the question why would the Vatican take these large sums of money in the first place what did they need that only dirty money could buy I found the answer to those questions when I got a hold of a document that Banker Roberto galvi had written to Pope John Paul II in his June 1982 letter Calvi threatened to expose the Vatican for using stolen gang money to finance a rising

liberal polish Trade union solidarity the only one of its kind in the Communist Eastern block one year before my sister disappeared Calvi [Music] writes forra Roberto Calvi 12 Days Later Calvi was found dead in London's temps River Pope John Paul II was using Mafia money to fight communism it may have been a good cause but his actions were illegal and dangerous and he chose to protect himself in the end my sister was sacrificed on the altar of the Cold War to expedite the collapse of the Soviet [Music] Union in 2016 more secrets SE through the

Vatican walls I learned that the Vatican State and the Italian government had been quietly negotiating over my sister's case journalist janlu jci had access to the discussions s it was now clear why the Vatican allowed ded's tomb to be excavated in 2012 the Italian government agreed to move dep's body out of the Vatican and the Vatican and exchange would share information about Emmanuel's disappearance but where is that information what happened to my sister in light of this new information I filed an official Complaint through one of Rome's top lawyers [Music] la no our carefree and

peaceful existence within the walls of the smallest state in the world world is now a distant memory for Emanuel the privilege of being born a Vatican citizen would become a sentence of [Music] Doom and a tainted Legacy that would deprive us of the truth a truth that has only become more incomprehensible as the years pass on April 27th 2014 Pope John Paul II was canonized in the eyes of the Vatican he was a [Applause] saint I believe that Pope Francis like his predecessors knows Emmanuel's fate 35 years have passed since my sister was taken from

us since then my citizenship to the Vatican City was revoked when I Married an outsider I was forced to retire early from the Vatican bank I have asked too many questions that the Vatican does not want to [Music] answer I am now unwelcome within the walls that once surrounded my happy childhood but the pain I feel for my sister is stronger than the vatican's resistance the barricades to the truth that surrounded my family in this state where my father devoted his life to the pope Must Fall now there is an official Complaint implicating the state

authorities in emanuel's disappearance they must take responsibility and tell us what they know this time there will be no secret negotiations I will find the truth I will bring Justice to my [Music] sister [Music] [Music]