Scandal-hit Berlusconi in service on sin
Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi is planning to attend a religious service on the remission of sins alongside a top Vatican official.
Mr Berlusconi, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal for months, and Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, were today travelling to the earthquake-stricken city of L’Aquila for the annual “Perdonanza” or Pardon observance, instituted by the 13th century Pope Celestine V.