Holy See–Switzerland relations
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Holy See–Switzerland relations
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Holy See – Switzerland relations are among the oldest bilateral diplomatic relations, beginning with the admission of a papal nuncio to Lucerne in 1586. About 40% of the Swiss population are Catholics, and young Swiss men have served for centuries in the Pontifical Swiss Guard. The bilateral relationship became lastingly fraught during the second half of the 19th century, after the modern Swiss state emerged from a civil war in which the mostly liberal and Protestant cantons defeated the Sonderb
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Bilateral relations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations
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2024-02-23T21:50:54Z
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