Article Photos: Papal pardon expected for butler after conviction



Italian police officers are silhouetted in front of the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The verdict in the case of the pope's butler accused of leaking papal documents is expected Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, and may help close one of the most damaging scandals of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Italian police officers are silhouetted in front of the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The verdict in the case of the pope's butler accused of leaking papal documents is expected Saturday Oct. 6, 2012, and may help close one of the most damaging scandals of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)