Two Italian journalists face trial in Vatileaks case

Two Italian journalists who wrote books detailing Vatican mismanagement are to face trial, along with three people accused of leaking them the information.

Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi face up to eight years in jail if convicted of charges that they violated Vatican law by publishing news based on confidential Holy See documents.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Reporters Without Borders; and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) called on the Vatican to drop the charges against the two men.