[Vision2020] Two Mysteries

[Art Deco]

" The body of a mobster buried among cardinals and bishops on a Vatican
property has been exhumed in an investigation into a teenage girl's
disappearance."

There are two mysteries here.  The disappearance.  And why is a mobster
buried among cardinals and bishops?  From my point of view there is little
to choose between them.  But one might expect the Catholic Church to be a
bit more discerning.




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    *Mobster's body exhumed from Vatican site in search for teen who
vanished
*From Barbie Latza Nadeau , for CNN
updated 11:26 AM EDT, Wed May 16, 2012
 CNN.com

Rome (CNN) -- The body of a mobster buried among cardinals and bishops on a
Vatican property has been exhumed in an investigation into a teenage girl's
disappearance.

Investigators at the church of Sant'Apollinare in central Rome opened the
tomb of Enrico "Renatino" De Pedis on Monday in the search for clues about
what happened to Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a prominent Vatican
employee.

The 15-year-old vanished without a trace after leaving her Vatican
apartment for music lessons on the afternoon of June 22, 1983.

The mystery has captivated people throughout Italy and triggered numerous
conspiracy theories.

In the crypt, in addition to De Pedis' body, investigators found dozens of
boxes of human bones, which they are testing.

At the time of Emanuela's disappearance nearly 30 years ago, a witness
reported seeing a girl who fit her description getting into a dark green
BMW near the music school, which was adjacent to the Sant'Apollinare church.

That lead was never corroborated.

In 1981, two years before the girl's disappearance, Turkish national Mehmet
Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul II.

In the days after Emanuela disappeared, her parents received anonymous
phone calls from someone promising the safe return of their daughter if the
Vatican released Agca.

Meanwhile, an anonymous caller told police that Emanuela was kidnapped to
keep her father, Ercole Orlandi, quiet.

That caller said Ercole Orlandi had stumbled upon sensitive documents that
tied banker Roberto Calvi to an organized crime syndicate. Calvi was known
as "God's banker" for his close association with both the Holy See and its
primary banking facility, Banco Ambrosiano.

Orlandi worked in the Vatican's special events office that organizes papal
functions and Catholic celebrations.

Calvi was found hanged in London in 1982. Speculation turned from suicide
to homicide in that case. The tipster to police in Italy said Orlandi's
daughter was nabbed to ensure her father's silence.

Ercole Orlandi died in 2004.

In 2005, another anonymous call to an Italian detective said Emanuela was
kidnapped on the orders of the then-vicar of Rome, Cardinal Ugo Poletti,
and that "the secret to the mystery lies in a tomb in Sant'Apollinare
basilica" -- specifically De Pedis' tomb.

De Pedis was gunned down in Rome in 1990 and his body was moved to the
basilica some time before 1997, presumably either as part of a secret deal
for a massive loan De Pedis made to the Vatican or to protect his tomb from
being desecrated by rival gang members.

In 2008, De Pedis' mistress said he was involved in Emanuela's kidnapping
and that the girl was buried under the foundation of a house outside of
Rome. Investigators searched that house but found that the concrete
foundation was poured the year before the girl's disappearance and could
not have been connected to the crime.

The Vatican has distanced itself from the Orlandi controversy.

In a three-page letter broadcast on RAI television, Vatican spokesman
Federico Lombardi said he asked Vatican cardinals whether the Vatican's
failure to collaborate in the original kidnapping probe was "normal and
justifiable affirmation of Vatican sovereignty, or if in fact circumstances
were withheld that might have helped clear something up."

The Vatican cooperated immediately with the exhumation.

After opening the tomb Monday, investigators found De Pedis' body so well
preserved that scientific police were able to confirm his identity through
fingerprints. Also inside the crypt were the boxes of bones, according to
investigators on the scene.

The church has been used for burials for two centuries. Still, all of the
bones will be tested to determine whether they are tied to De Pedis or to
Emanuela's disappearance.

De Pedis will not be reburied in the church, the Vatican said.

De Pedis family lawyer Lorenzo Radogna said the remains will either be
cremated or reinterred in a public cemetery in Rome.
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