Pope Francis greets new Swiss Guard recruits vaticannews.va

Receiving the new recruits, who have chosen to dedicate "a period of their youth in the service of the Successor of Peter," the Pope on Friday emphasized the crucial role of the family in the transmission of the faith. “The presence of your family members expresses the devotion of Swiss Catholics to the Holy See, as well as the moral education and good example by which parents have passed on to their children the Christian faith and the sense of generous service to their neighbour,” he said.

Pope Francis also took the opportunity to recall the “illustrious past” of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps. He told them his thoughts turned in particular to the "Sack of Rome," which saw the Swiss Guards courageously defend the Pope, to the point of giving their lives…

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