Benedict XVI: Swiss Guards, a service to Peter. The Pope expressed his appreciation to the Swiss Guards, whom he received in audience along with their loved ones on the occasion of the swearing-in …More
Benedict XVI: Swiss Guards, a service to Peter.
The Pope expressed his appreciation to the Swiss Guards, whom he received in audience along with their loved ones on the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of new recruits, held yesterday afternoon at the Vatican. Benedict XVI addressed the Swiss Guards in German, French and Italian. "Your service to the Petrine ministry - he said - will give a more vivid sense of Catholicism, together with a deeper sense of the dignity of man who passes close to you and that looks deep within himself for the way of eternal life. Lived with professional conscientiousness and a sense of the supernatural, your task will prepare you also for future commitments, personal and public, that you will take when you leave th ...
The Pope expressed his appreciation to the Swiss Guards, whom he received in audience along with their loved ones on the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of new recruits, held yesterday afternoon at the Vatican. Benedict XVI addressed the Swiss Guards in German, French and Italian. "Your service to the Petrine ministry - he said - will give a more vivid sense of Catholicism, together with a deeper sense of the dignity of man who passes close to you and that looks deep within himself for the way of eternal life. Lived with professional conscientiousness and a sense of the supernatural, your task will prepare you also for future commitments, personal and public, that you will take when you leave th ...