"You want coffee, Guiseppe?"
"No way, Giovanni, I'm not falling for that again!"
Forget the laity; there's a running contest among the Swiss Guards as to the first to spot the Holy Father emerge for his Wednesday audience.
Panda Rosa | 06.03.08 - 11:17 pm | #

Okay. The first to reach to the chair carries the other's ax for a day.
David B. | 06.03.08 - 11:31 pm | #

A very odd photo indeed. This is the only one I have ever seen where when on guard they are not facing outwards. And this even should the Pope pass between them. Where they will lift arms. There is one reason and one reason only, why, they would face such. That the Pope is passing behind them, from where the snap has been taken.
Vincent | 06.04.08 - 1:58 am | #

Marco, call St. Michael, quick! You see those guys up there? I think we're outnumbered!
WhollyRoamin'Catholic | Homepage | 06.04.08 - 10:59 am | #

Is he here yet?
Pauline Kasper | 06.06.08 - 1:00 pm | #