One of the most sensational crimes in recent Vatican history is back in the spotlight thanks to a book about the 1998 slayings of the Swiss...
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In May 1998, the Vatican's Swiss Guard barracks were the scene of a bloody crime. To this day, conspiracy theories swirl around the dramatic...
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On May 4, 1998, Col. Alois Estermann, commander of the Swiss Guards, the Vatican force that protects the pope, was found shot dead in his apartment inside...
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Barbie Latza Nadeau on the murder of the pope's bodyguard—and the possible gay love triangle that triggered it.
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The mother of a Swiss Guard member accused of committing one of the most sensational crimes in recent Vatican history – fatally shooting his...
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On May 4, 1998, Alois Estermann was named commander of the Pope's Swiss Guard. A few hours later, Estermann, his wife and another Swiss...
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Cover-up allegations surrounding three killings involving the Pope's Swiss Guards are finally to be heard in court.
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It is one of the Vatican's darkest and most inscrutable mysteries – a young soldier in the Swiss Guard, the Pope's personal body guard,...
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A murder-suicide involving the Swiss Guard is back in the spotlight after Pope Benedict XVI was asked to intervene and reopen the case.
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FILE - In this Saturday May 16, 1998 filer, members of the papal Swiss Guard carry the coffin of Alois Estermann, newly appointed commander...
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