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- Feb 27, 2021
The Swiss Guard reported an additional seven men have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the current number of cases among the 113 guardsmen to 11.
Four Swiss Guards have tested positive for coronavirus and were showing symptoms, the Vatican said Monday, as the surge in infections in surrounding Italy penetrates the Vatican walls.
Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis assured them that God always stands by their side, offering them comfort and consolation.
Despite a delay in the formal swearing in of new members due to the coronavirus, the Pontifical Swiss Guard Wednesday still honored fallen comrades with a private ceremony held digitally for the first time.
Looking on the “bright side” or seeking the “silver lining” of something like a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is not naivete, but an exercise of one’s God-given will, said a U.S. professor locked down in Rome with his wife and son.
Last summer Pope Francis surprised the world when he married a Swiss Guard and Vatican Museum employee. Now, they’re serving as volunteers at Panama’s World Youth Day.