Protests call for Switzerland to end the Occupation of the Vatican Nation

[Ichingcarpenter]

Protests call for Swiss to free the Vatican


The Pope's visit to New York has led to demonstrations calling on Switzerland to free the Vatican, a nation the Alpine state has had troops stationed in for over 500 years.

Protestors are demanding that Switzerland relinquish control and let the Vatican once more become an independent nation five centuries after its 'invasion'.

'Free the Vatican'

"Troops out, free the Vatican!" read many banners erected around New York and other cities on Pope Gregory XVI's tour, while Swiss embassies around the world have been attacked.

Jim Spallen, of the London-based Free the Vatican campaign, said that now more than ever the international community had to put pressure on Switzerland to remove its troops.

To the barricades

"The Vatican is a very religious state and lived in peace and prosperity for many centuries, give or take a few revolutions, poisonings and riots, until the Swiss arrived," he declared. "Now the citizens have to live daily in the shadow of fear – Amnesty International reports that security forces insist that citizens 'confess' to all manner of crimes, no matter how petty, on a regular basis, are dragged from their beds before dawn 'to pray', and must recite official doctrine on a daily basis. Any dissenters are simply excommunicated."


http://www.innitnews.co.uk/Protests_call_for_Swiss_to_free_the_Vatican.php

[Richard D]

1. Is this satire?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. They have Swiss Guards at the Vatican.

The guys in the striped monkey suits and helmets designed by Michelangelo.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Vatican City needs to lose its 'independence'...nt

[kestrel91316]

4. Oy. I see The Onion has competition......

[Lance_Boyle]

5. it's just another Roman ghetto

which should be taxed like all the other Roman ghettos.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. LOL

I shouldn't laugh like that at work - people will wonder what I'm doing.