Swiss Guard chief: Elite Vatican corps ready to confront any threat

Vatican City • The head of the Swiss Guards says the elite corps that protects the pope and the Vatican is ready to confront any terror attacks in the wake of renewed threats against Rome by supporters of the Islamic State group after the Barcelona attack.Commander Christoph Graf told Swiss Catholic website cath.ch this week that “perhaps it is only a question of time before an attack like that happens in Rome. But we are ready also for this.”Authorities long have considered the