Watching the Pope

[WillowInFlight]

They have English speaking. Awesome

[LisaM22]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581116,00.html

wow, even the pope has to have body guards to protect him from the unstable people

[J. J. in Phila]

The Pope has had body guards, the Swiss Guard, for hundreds of years. Their uniforms were designed by Michelangelo. :)

[Nic99]

wow, even the pope has to have body guards to protect him from the unstable people

Yes and he needs them to protect him from that mad woman in the red hood, who has jumped him the last 2 years.....

[ninetoes]

Yes and he needs them to protect him from that mad woman in the red hood, who has jumped him the last 2 years.....

Didnt someone try to assassinate a pope a while back? Im not catholic, so dont follow the pope in general, but I thought one of them was shot or something?

[Nic99]

Didnt someone try to assassinate a pope a while back? Im not catholic, so dont follow the pope in general, but I thought one of them was shot or something?

Yes, Pope John Paul II was shot at 4 times in 1981. I found the link below with info.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/13/newsid_2512000/2512533.stm

That just shows a real need for a bodyguard. There are some wackos out there.

[Cooper]

The Pope has had body guards, the Swiss Guard, for hundreds of years. Their uniforms were designed by Michelangelo. :)


I learned that from Dan Brown's book "The Lost Symbol." Lol.

[Cooper]

Yes and he needs them to protect him from that mad woman in the red hood, who has jumped him the last 2 years.....

Scary. Popes also need protection from people wielding guns and knives.