St. John Paul II’s longtime aide denied the “vile insinuations” that the former pope was maliciously involved in the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl whose 1983 disappearance is the focus of an ongoing Vatican investigation.
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Pope Wants Truth Out On Missing Vatican Girl, Says Lead Prosecutor
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Russia’s Persecution of Faith in Ukraine Part of ‘Cultural Genocide’ Campaign, Say Analysts
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