Drums shook the walls of the Paul VI Audience Hall, marking the procession of the new recruits of the Swiss Guard. <\/p>\n
The swearing-in ceremony of the 36 new Swiss Guards was not held in the San Damaso Courtyard due to inclement weather. <\/p>\n
It is one of the most visually stunning and solemn ceremonies held in the Vatican. <\/p>\n
Oath taken at swearing-in (read by the chaplain):<\/p>\n
'I swear to serve faithfully, loyally and honorably the reigning Pontiff and his legitimate<\/em><\/p>\n successors, to devote myself to them with all my strength, sacrificing, if necessary, even my life in their defense.<\/em><\/p>\n I assume the same duties towards the College of Cardinals during the vacancy of the Apostolic See. Apostolic See. I also promise the Commander and the other Superiors respect, fidelity and obedience. Thus I swear, may God and our Holy Patrons assist me.'<\/em><\/p>\n Response of the Swiss Guard:<\/p>\n 'I, Halberdier (name), do swear to observe faithfully, loyally, and honorably all that at this moment read to me. May God and our patron saints assist me!'<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n JRB<\/p>\n TD May 6, 2022. The swearing-in ceremony of the 36 new Swiss Guards was not held in the San Damaso Courtyard due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ir0tBF3P1fA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncguardiasvizzera.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncguardiasvizzera.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n JUSTIN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"