That's it! Pope Francis fires the Commandant!

Poor guy - it's tough to get fired during the Holidays.

Pope Francis sacks the head of the Swiss Guard (they're like the Army Knives) - for being too strict!

He has dismissed and demoted cardinals, bishops and the Vatican secretary of state, and now Pope Francis’s reformist zeal has claimed a new scalp – the head of his own private army, the Swiss Guard.

In a dispassionate one-sentence notice, the Vatican’s official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, announced on Wednesday that Daniel Anrig will no longer serve as the commandant of the 500-year-old corps after the end of next month.

No official explanation was given for the decision, but it was widely rumoured that the Argentinean Pope, who has established a warmer, more inclusive style of governance since being appointed pontiff in March last year, found the commander’s manner overly strict and “Teutonic”. - Source

Well doesn't that just say it all.  Too rigid - indeed.

I'm seeing a pattern here.

What?

What?

He wants to go

commando? - let him!

H/T Ray