ITALY
Evangelical Focus

The Italian Evangelical Alliance (AEI) “joins the appeal” made by several entities (among them, the International Press Institute) which “cannot tolerate the interference of a foreign state violating important principles of freedom of press and the limits of its jurisdiction.”

In a statement, the AEI supported the right of journalists Emiliano Fittipaldi (author of the book Avaritia) and Gianluigi Nuzzi (author of Via Crucis) to inform about scandals affecting the Vatican.

On November 24, the State of Vatican City put on trial two journalists for reporting on the financial scandals of the Holy See in their publications, which were printed in Italy.

“The Vatican does not deny the veracity of the documents published, but accuses the two journalists of making them public by concealing their ‘secrecy’”, the AEI says.

“FREEDOM OF PRESS IS GUARANTEED BY THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTION”

“On trial there are not just two journalists,…