Lawyers

• John Wick 2 Update: Keanu Reeves shows off gun shooting ability in released video

  More elaborate action sequences are expected of Keanu Reeves for John Wick 2 as a video recently surfaced on his preparation for his return. Filming was also revealed to take place in Rome after their first location in New York.

• 11 arrested in Italy's illegal online game; Business reportedly earning million euros per day

  Italian police arrested 11 people for allegedly running an illegal online gaming business. The online gaming business garnered millions of euros in bets every day.

• Battered by scandals, Rome set for mega mafia trial

  The biggest mob trial in modern-day Rome opens on Thursday, with a one-eyed former neo-fascist gangster and 45 other defendants in the dock accused of operating a mafia network that plundered city coffers.

• Pope still faces stiff resistance to reform Vatican, new books say

  Two new books by Italian journalists depict a Vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed, cronyism and corruption and where Pope Francis still faces stiff resistance from the old guard to his reform agenda.

• Prosecutor freezes accounts of ex-Vatican bank heads

  The Vatican's top prosecutor has frozen 16 million euros in bank accounts owned by two former Vatican bank managers and a lawyer as part of an investigation into the sale of Vatican-owned real estate in the 2000s, according to the freezing order and other legal documents.

• End of communism not all good for Christianity: Vatican

  The end of communist rule in Europe, which began 25 years ago this month, was not all positive for Christianity because it brought tensions between Rome and Russia back to the surface, a senior Vatican official said on Monday.

• Pope Francis marries couples who have cohabited, had children

  Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday, some of whom had already lived together and had children, in the latest sign that the Argentine pontiff wants the Catholic church to be more open and inclusive.