Are any of the Vatican Swiss Guard females?
The Swiss Guard consists of 6 officers and 110 men and they are all Swiss. They are not permitted to marry. Unless they have recruited a female in the recent past or changed policy they have no females. That does not account for the Vatican cats or mascots they might possess. If it has changed please let me know. The Catholic Encyclopaedia has the following to say about the nimbus (halo): In early Christian art, the rayed nimbus as well as the rayless disc were adopted in accordance with tradition. The sun and the Phoenix received, as in pagan art, a wreath or a rayed crown, also the simple halo. The latter was reserved not only for emperors but for men of genius and personifications of all kinds, although both in ecclesiastical and profane art, this emblem was usually omitted in ideal figures. In other cases the influence of ancient art tradition must not be denied. Do you believe that this sort of symbolism is condoned by God? Does it matter that the early Christians followed the pag
