The Vatican is investigating two former officials about claims that money for a children’s hospital was used to refurbish a cardinal’s luxury apartment.

ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private conversations with an escort, which have riveted Italians all week, may wind up getting him into trouble with Italy’s archaeological authorities.

ITALIAN Premier Silvio Berlusconi joked that he is “no saint“, in his first comments on his sex scandal since a news weekly released what it said were conversations between him and a prostitute.

An Italian news magazine said today it has tape recordings of the night Premier Silvio Berlusconi spent with a prostitute in which the premier is heard asking her to wait for him in bed while he showers.