Quiet wedding 'mission impossible' for Cruise and Katie?

A romantic Italian wedding for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might be a "mission impossible", according to local officials.

The priest with jurisdiction over the dreamy lakeside castle tipped as the chosen location for the wedding says his parish won't perform the Catholic ceremony because Tom Cruise is divorced and does not have parish permission.

Meanwhile, the mayor says she cannot step in because the couple have not completed the official paperwork.

Wedding-watchers have also cautioned that if the couple go ahead with just a Scientology ceremony, the Italian state is not likely to recognise it.

The small Italian town of Bracing has been swimming with picture-snapping paparazzi since a newspaper reported that the castle in the town was chosen by the couple for their wedding later this month.