Vatican leaks: Pope”s advisers to be called as witnesses

A Vatican judge trying five people over the leaking of secret documents has agreed to let some of Pope Francis’s senior advisers be defence witnesses. Officials who could be called include his Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin. Those on trial include two journalists who published books detailing alleged financial mismanagement at the Vatican, and three […]

A Vatican judge trying five people over the leaking of secret documents has agreed to let some of Pope Francis’s senior advisers be defence witnesses.
Officials who could be called include his Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin.
Those on trial include two journalists who published books detailing alleged financial mismanagement at the Vatican, and three members of a papal commission accused of leaking documents to them. The case follows an earlier “Vatileaks” scandal in 2012. In that case, the then Pope Benedict’sbutler was convicted of leaking documents from the papal desk.‎