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Swiss Guards at the ceremony in Vatican City's San Damaso Courtyard on May 6, 2021./ © EWTN News/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool

‘We are ready to give up our lives’: 34 new Swiss Guards take oath to protect the pope

May 6, 2021

Thirty-four new Swiss Guards were sworn in Thursday in an elaborate ceremony in Vatican City in which the guards promised to protect the pope, even “sacrificing if necessary also my own life.”

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