AJC Photos of the Week, May 5-11, 2012
GUARDS FOR THE POPE--A new Vatican Swiss Guard, gives a salute while holding the flag during the swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican, Sunday, May, 6, 2012. Twenty-six Swiss men have joined the oldest standing army in the world, swearing to give up their lives to protect the pope as the Vatican's newest Swiss Guards. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
