00:00Thank you all
00:46If it hadn't disappeared, swallowed up by who knows what nothingness,
00:50That evening Emanuela was going on a date with her sister Cristina, her younger sister.
00:57He would have crossed this bridge a few hundred meters from the music school in Piazza Santa Pollinare
01:02and passing in front of the palazzaccio, the building that houses the Court of Cassation, she would have arrived here at Castel Sant'Angelo.
01:11Here, where this morning we meet Elettra Gorlandi, Pietro's daughter.
01:16You are Emanuela's niece and why did you wear this headband today?
01:21Above all, to remember her and then because in any case if we all have to go to St. Peter's and make ourselves heard,
01:31I don't know, I wanted to remember her as she was in some way, that is, when I was 15 I had some pain
01:3616 and then...
01:37Today the meeting here at Castel Sant'Angelo is with the signatories of the petition to the Pope to know the truth
01:43about what happened to Emanuela.
01:4645,000 people signed it; those who could came.
01:50Where is she from?
01:52Varallo Sesi, in the province of Vercelli.
01:54But did she come especially for Emanuela?
01:55Certainly, yes absolutely, for justice and truth.
01:59I come from Pescara.
02:00Did she come from Pescara on purpose?
02:02Yes, I came on purpose, I left my children shopping around Rome and I came
02:07for Solidaria and Appura.
02:08I would like the Pope to at least make a reference to this, so as not to forget.
02:15In just over an hour, the Pope will appear in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus.
02:19The petition has already been delivered.
02:22Yes, I took her up the other day and let her know that there are going to be a lot of people today that
02:29they joined in St. Peter's Square to symbolically deliver it, in the hope that he can say a word, a memory, a
02:36thoughts on Emanuela.
02:39Our thoughts go back to the Sundays of that time, when Pope Voitigua pronounced the name seven times during the Angelus.
02:46by Emanuela.
02:47For my part, I can assure you that we are trying to do everything humanly possible to contribute to a happy solution.
02:59of the painful story.
03:03Meanwhile, the group grows larger. The police also arrive. They tell us about a strange incident that just happened.
03:10We passed by St. Peter's Square. Then they checked my backpack, they saw this and she told me where...
03:17are you going with these?
03:17I explained. He says no, look, you can't enter the square with these.
03:21So they took a photo of us, they took our documents, because when they called each other they said there are some
03:29flyers as politicians?
03:32And a policewoman said politicians. So I said, what politician?
03:36This is for Emanuela Orlandi to dig a little deeper into what happened.
03:43Why so much alarm over a simple petition?
03:47For those who don't know it yet, here is the text, also signed by everyone you are watching.
03:54His Holiness.
03:56I address you, in your dual role as head of state and representative of Christ on earth,
04:01to ask you to do everything humanly possible to ascertain the truth about the fate of his
04:08compatriot Emanuela Orlandi,
04:10disappeared in Rome on 22 June 1983.
04:14The kidnapping of a young girl is a very serious offense to religious values and civil coexistence.
04:20The greatest injustice was done to Emanuela: she was denied the opportunity to choose her own life.
04:27I trust in his strong and inspired intervention because, after 28 years,
04:31the bodies responsible for ascertaining the truth, both internal and external to the Vatican State,
04:36implement all actions and resolutions useful for clarifying what happened.
04:42Such a Christian gesture would only shed light on his very high teaching,
04:46freeing Emanuela's family and the many who loved her,
04:50from the excruciating condemnation to an eternal wait.
04:56The entrances to the square are narrow.
04:59Here, everyone, as always, is checked.
05:03And it is here that Pietro Orlandi's wife and daughter are stopped.
05:07They have the flyers at their headquarters.
05:09They only pass by after assuring you that they will not distribute them.
05:13There are some uncomfortable questions printed on it.
05:16Questions that the Orlandi family has asked itself over the years.
05:18One above all, which comes from an episode of Christmas 1983,
05:24six months after Emanuela's disappearance.
05:27Pope Voitigua went to the Orlandi house, on a visit of comfort,
05:31and made a revelation.
05:33He said,
05:34«The kidnapping of Emanuela, like the attack I suffered,
05:38they have the same origin, international terrorism."
05:43Why did he say that?
05:45What did he know about?
05:46And the Secretary of State was also aware of it,
05:50then led by Agostino Casaroli?
05:53Of course, the Pope cannot answer questions like these during the Angelus.
05:58The people of Emanuela,
06:00as it is written on some posters,
06:02he doesn't expect it.
06:04Just hope that Joseph Ratzinger,
06:06at least,
06:07remember Emanuela publicly.
06:09That would already be a big sign,
06:11the first in a long time.
06:14Peter strongly hopes so,
06:16who only recently confessed the difficulty of living together
06:20with a strong sense of guilt for not having been able to protect his little sister.
06:29Here, it's time for the Angelus.
06:41«Dear brothers and sisters,
06:43on this fourth and final Sunday of Advent,
06:47the liturgy presents us this year
06:50the story of the Angel's announcement to Mary."
06:53We have to wait.
06:55After having spoken about the virginity of the Madonna,
06:58recites the Angelus prayers and blesses the faithful.
07:02«Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus».
07:08Then he reports the proclamation of two new blesseds in Spain
07:12and sends messages in French
07:18in English, in German, in Spanish, in Polish.
07:24He then greets the Italian pilgrims.
07:26«As well as the Roman communities of Communion and Liberation.
07:35I also greet the young architect
07:38of the Academy of Strings in Rigoni di San Vito al Tagliamento,
07:45to whose young members I wish
07:47every good thing for their artistic education.
07:52Happy Sunday everyone
07:53and good preparation for Holy Christmas.
08:06Emanuela! Emanuela!
08:12Emanuela! Emanuela! Emanuela!
08:24They missed a great opportunity to break 28 years of silence.
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