The Catholic Church in Poland is investigating church collaborators who assisted the communist-era secret police. Church officials will work with historians to review secret police files which are now declassified, to find evidence of collaboration.

Colorful drag queen Vladimir Luxuria says she shares a similarity with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi: they both dab on lots of make-up and wear heels to make them look taller. Luxuria is Italy's first drag queen to run for parliament. Campaigning for the rights of homosexuals to marry and to legalize prostitution and certain drugs, Luxuria is trying for a win in the upcoming April elections.

Italian police arrested four street cleaners for pocketing hundreds of euros dropped into Rome's famous Fountain of Trevi. Following tradition, thousands of tourists stand with their backs to the Renaissance masterpiece and throw coins over their shoulders into the water.

The city of Rome is prohibiting goldfish bowls, after animal rights activists say the bowls are harmful to fish. The classic spherical fish bowls are banned under a new by-law. It also prevents fish or other animals being given away as fairground prizes.

The recent election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope was a sure bet for two British gamblers who became 5,000 pounds richer as the bells rang in Rome. One of the two gamblers, from Twickenham near London, won 2,250 pounds and the other, from Enfield, also near the capital, won 2,500 pounds after placing 500 pound stakes on Ratzinger this week. Bets are already being taken on the successor to Pope Benedict XVI, Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze currently sits as a 10/1 favorite.