On the 6th of May 2019, 23 recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard took their oath of loyalty in the Vatican. This year, Prof. George Popper, President of the IBSSA was also invited as a VIP guest to attend this historic event, where the size of the army unit, founded in 1506 as the group of bodyguards to Pope Julius II., was raised to 135 men...
The whole article of the Diplomatic Magazine can be found below:
24th June 2019
