A member of the Pontifical Swiss Guard is under investigation following allegations of an antisemitic gesture directed at two Jewish women during a papal audience in St Peter’s.
The incident is reported to have taken place on 29 October at the Arch of the Bells entrance to the Vatican, as pilgrims gathered for a general audience marking the anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the 1965 declaration on the Church’s relations with non-Christian religions. The alleged victims were part of an international Jewish delegation attending the event.
