The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents which alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said today.

THE Vatican has finally made peace with The Beatles, saying their drug use, “dissolute” lives and even the claim that the band was bigger than Jesus are all in the past – while their music lives on.

The Vatican has praised the latest Harry Potter film, saying it made the age-old debate over good versus evil crystal clear.