Tight security for Pope's Lourdes visit
Nearly 3,000 security officers and a mounted police squad will be patrolling the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, during this weekend’s visit by Pope John Paul II.
Sixty police officers will assure close surveillance of the pontiff, who will be accompanied to France by four Swiss Guards and two Vatican officers, said Michel Bilaud, prefect of the Hautes-Pyrenees region in south west France.
