Vatican launches criminal probe into unauthorised leaks
The Vatican has opened a rare criminal investigation into unauthorised leaks to the Italian media of confidential documents, its official paper reports.
The leaks describe alleged corruption, mismanagement, and internal conflicts among top officials.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano made the announcement together with an official admission that there have been "grave acts of disloyalty" .
The "Vatileaks" scandal, as it is known, has filled Italian media.
