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Swiss Miss?

Francis X. Rocca

Ever since she was a young girl, she dreamed of joining the elite ceremonial guard in charge of protecting the pope. Barred on account of her gender, she disguised herself as a man in order to join. Inevitably, she was exposed — but not before proving her mettle by saving the pontiff’s life, inspiring him finally to open the five-centuries old institution to women.

No, not yet. But how long before this story ends up on multiplex screens, or at least basic cable?

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