In 2019, the Vatican formally reopened its investigation into Emanuela's disappearance, and in 2023 it disclosed documents suggesting she had been invited to gatherings attended by clerics and members of the Roman aristocracy. Critics argued that this disclosure — however significant — still did not constitute genuine accountability. What is the fundamental structural reason why any Vatican-administered investigation into Vatican-linked criminality is inherently incapable of producing independent accountability, even when it produces genuine new information?