The trial's second session

At 9:40am today, at the opening of the criminal trial of five individuals accused of criminal offences related to the disclosure of confidential Vatican documents and information, the President of the Court of the Vatican City State, Professor Giuseppe Della Torre said that the accused Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui had chosen to replace her aid counsel, Agnese Camilli with a new advocate by the name of Laura Sgrò, who has applied for the concession of termination of defence within the next five days.

Gathered in closed session, the Court has granted a period until December 5, 2015 for the filing of any investigative measures and has fixed the next date of hearing for December 7 beginning at 9:30am local time.