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Aren't there walls around the Vatican, staffed with armed Swiss guards?
Breitbart ^ | 24 Sept 2015 | John Nolte

Posted on 02/18/2016 10:37:45 AM PST by TWohlford

"Vatican City’s walls allow the Vatican to save itself in order to hold tight to an invaluable culture that exports its generosity and charity and missionary work. Vatican City cannot take everyone in and survive. And it must remain Vatican City or be destroyed at the expense of all the incalculable good it does."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; popefacebook; vaticantrump
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To: DoodleDawg
No. They aren't guarded. They aren't patrolled.

You're a fuvckin' troll; suspected as much, but now confirmed. Why JR allows you to cruze around a pollute different threads is one of the great mysteries.

We were just in Rome during this past Xmas break - spent an entire morning touring VC. Let me confirm for anyone who hasn't been that there is most assuredly a very heavy police/military presence surrounding the entire 'country'.

21 posted on 02/18/2016 11:17:47 AM PST by semantic
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To: TWohlford

22 posted on 02/18/2016 11:21:56 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: stormhill
People who are logical often enjoy irony. Here's a good one - please oblige & riddle this: where does the deposed Pope (Ratzinger aka The Rat) currently reside?

Why, that's correct, he currently lives in VC. He has a small abode and can be seen strolling & sunning himself in the gardens if you're lucky enough to catch him out in public.

The VC has a small community of full time residents, all of whom are members of the church. For a disgraced cleric, it's the best of all possible worlds: no sanction and plenty of small boys still around.

23 posted on 02/18/2016 11:24:02 AM PST by semantic
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To: DoodleDawg

And how do you know that?

I’ve been there. Security is very tight ... as indeed it should be or people would be stealing all kinds of things. There are a lot of nice things there.


24 posted on 02/18/2016 11:25:11 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: TWohlford
All members of the Papal Swiss Guard are drawn from volunteers who have a clean service record with the Swiss Army:

Swiss Soldiers from the Gebirgs 85th Infantry Battalion training with the Light Machine Gun 05 (FN Minimi).

25 posted on 02/18/2016 11:29:36 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

This Pope scares me. He is authorizing millions of Catholics to ignore the Bible and embrace the NWO.


26 posted on 02/18/2016 11:37:22 AM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: TWohlford
Swiss Guard recruits undergo training in karate and judo:


27 posted on 02/18/2016 11:37:28 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: TWohlford

28 posted on 02/18/2016 11:37:35 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: stormhill

Kind of overreacting aren’t we? Tom Cruise got in no problem on Mission Impossible.


29 posted on 02/18/2016 11:40:48 AM PST by Mean Daddy
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To: RightGeek

lol


30 posted on 02/18/2016 11:42:49 AM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio, the Manchurian Candidate?)
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To: TWohlford

Yes there are very old walls around the Vatican, except for the eastern entrance where St. Peter’s Basilica sits. You can walk right up to the church. There are lines and entry is controlled, but no walls. Entrance is free, and there is a dress code.

Once in the Basilica you can access the Sistine Chapel and the 4 Vatican museums also. I don’t know about access to the grounds in general.

You can also access the basement below the Basilica from inside. That’s where many Popes are interred. There is a second basement below that area, can be accessed but only by guided tour. There are several tours a day of that area.

The Swiss Guards have been visible around the entrance to the Basilica every time I’ve been there.


31 posted on 02/18/2016 11:43:19 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Trump and/or Cruz, it's all good)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I agree. The Pope might also believe he can influence Rubio the Robot.


32 posted on 02/18/2016 11:48:03 AM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio, the Manchurian Candidate?)
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To: TWohlford

This is the Castel Sant'angelo. Pope Clement VII holed up in there while Charles V's troops sacked Rome in 1527. Chuckie-vee said it was an accident. Hey, it happens.

Nice walls.

33 posted on 02/18/2016 11:49:18 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: TWohlford

YUGE wall around the Vatican. Saw it with my own Mark Is last spring.


34 posted on 02/18/2016 12:08:06 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: semantic

Dude!


35 posted on 02/18/2016 12:18:43 PM PST by stormhill
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To: TWohlford

The Pope didn’t think we would notice.


36 posted on 02/18/2016 12:43:38 PM PST by Hattie
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To: TWohlford
Vatican City cannot take everyone in and survive - excuse me - I don't think I heard you correctly - could you say that again a little louder....
37 posted on 02/18/2016 12:51:57 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Lorianne
And how do you know that?

I've been there too. And yes, security is tight. But it's internal and concentrated around the Apostolic Palace, not walking the walls or manning guard towers.

38 posted on 02/18/2016 1:03:54 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: semantic
Why JR allows you to cruze around a pollute different threads is one of the great mysteries.

Because as we Cruze around we offset the lunacy of the average Trumpers.

39 posted on 02/18/2016 1:06:24 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: cld51860

“YUGE wall around the Vatican. Saw it with my own Mark Is last spring.”

I guess the wall is brand new too right?


40 posted on 02/18/2016 2:47:47 PM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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