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Source: NPR "Day to Day"

Roundup

500th Anniversary of Vatican's Swiss Guard [4min]

Sylvia Poggiolli reports on the 500th anniversary of the Swiss Guard, the elite group of soldiers assigned to protect the Pope at the Vatican.

Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"