CatholicOnline: Switzerland has voted to automatically expel foreigners convicted of serious – or violent crimes over the weekend. Switzerland’s relation with newcomers and immigrants has grown increasingly strained, and this latest measure is a sign of that nation’s growing hostility. … Continue reading
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Five Hundred Years of Loyalty: The Gallantry of the Pope’s Swiss Guard
Imagine yourself a contestant on Jeopardy. The answer is… “The world’s longest-standing, but smallest, army in the world’s smallest independent state.” And what is the question? The only possible question is, “What is the Swiss Guard”? Officially, the name of … Continue reading