London, May 06 : Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that he is upset because his `finished or about to finish' marriage is being made public.

Berlusconi's estranged wife Veronica Lario, 52, has confirmed that she is ending her 19-year marriage because she's tired of his womanising ways.

"It displeases me that a matter that is finished or about to finish is made so public by the newspapers when it should remain a private affair," the Telegraph quoted Berlusconi as saying in an interview with Rai Uno.

"Frankly, I was not expecting this storm," he added.

Meanwhile, Berlusconi has come under fire from the Catholic Church over his `weakness for young, flowing actresses'.

An editorial in Catholic daily Avvenire, the official newspaper of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference, described his behaviour as `worrying'.

The church's editorial said Italy deserved a leader who was a `mirror of the country's soul' and urged him to be more `sober and sombre'. (ANI)