A 500-Year-Old Mercenary Army Protects Pope

AP 05-MAY-98 VATICAN CITY (AP) For nearly 500 years, Switzerland has been supplying soldiers to the Vatican, the colorfully dressed Swiss Guards in crimson-plumed silver helmets. A rare case of violence…

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