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[Catholic Caucus] How the Swiss Guards prevented the Desecration of Pope Benedict’s Body lying in state inside St. Peter’s BasilicaOne of the most common phrases heard on the ground in Rome and among “Churchy people” on all sides over the past decade since Pope Benedict’s failed attempted partial abdication has been, “THEY’RE WAITING FOR RATZINGER TO DIE.”As in, the infiltrators, the Bergoglians, the Sankt Gallen Mafia, the Freemasons, the sodomites, the Luciferians – however you choose to call them. It has been openly acknowledged by ALL SIDES that there was an unspoken RESTRAINT against any full-out attempt to utterly and...

Three Swiss Guards have resigned and three others have been suspended after refusing to comply with a Vatican mandate that they get the COVID-19 vaccination. The Swiss Guards, colloquially known as the Pope’s bodyguards, had previously been ordered “to protect their health and that of the others they come into contact with as part of their service” by getting the jab. The mandate was part of a broader instruction to all Vatican employees to get the COVID shot or face losing their jobs. “Besides the three guardsmen sent back to Switzerland, at least three others were suspended from active duty...

3 Swiss Guards Resign, Commander Reportedly Threatened as Vatican Enforces VaccineThe Register has learned that since the Spring, the Vatican has been holding seminars to “indoctrinate” the guardsmen to take the anti-Covid vaccine.VATICAN CITY — Three Swiss Guards have voluntarily left the Pope’s prestigious army corps and another three have been temporarily suspended after they refused to comply with compulsory anti-Covid vaccination being imposed by the Vatican.Lieutenant Urs Breitenmoser, the spokesman for the Pontifical Swiss Guard, confirmed the resignations on Sunday to Swiss media, saying they had taken place “on a voluntary basis” and adding that three other unvaccinated...

Covid, Swiss Guards revolt against Bergoglio: "We do not get vaccinated". And they resignIn the Vatican, the Swiss Guards revolt against Pope Francis . Already, the oath to serve the Pontiff faithfully by offering, if necessary, even life, can no longer be honored. At least for the no-vax Swiss Guards, opposed to the Covid vaccine. In fact, it is learned that three Swiss Guards opposed to serum have renounced their service in the Vatican. The point is that the vaccine, for them, has become mandatory under the specific instructions of Pope Francis . In all, there were six Swiss Guards...

Doors of Castel Gandolfo closed. Credit: EWTN. Vatican City, Feb 28, 2013 / 12:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday evening, the Swiss Guards have left their posts and sealed the gates of the former pontiff's temporary residence of Castel Gandolfo. A crowd of Catholic faithful gathered Feb. 28 outside the papal vacation spot. At 8 p.m. Roman time, a loud bell rang eight times as they shouted “Viva il Papa!” or “Long live the Pope!” The Swiss Guards entered Castel Gandolfo and hung up their ceremonial weapons – called halberds – on...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict thanked the Swiss Guards for 500 years of service as papal protectors on Saturday, telling the world's smallest army to carry on with courage and loyalty and be "the true friends of God." The Pope led a mass in St Peter's Basilica to remember the 147 guards who died in the May 6, 1527 sacking of Rome, the army's biggest loss since its creation five centuries ago. The surviving members saved the life of Pope Clement VII. The mass was a highlight of months of celebrations honoring the elite corps which protects the Pope...

Five hundreds years ago, mercenaries marched from Switzerland to Rome to aid Pope Julius II, and the Vatican is readying concerts, exhibits and celebrations to mark the half millennium of the Swiss Guards, who still protect the pontiff.The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, will celebrate Mass Sunday in the frescoed Sistine Chapel for current guards and their families, and afterward Pope Benedict XVI will offer a special blessing to an honor corps in St. Peter's Square.It is the launch of six months of commemorations in Italy and Switzerland that will culminate with a symbolic re-enactment of the march from...

One of the more colorful annual events in Rome is the swearing in of new Swiss Guards, which happens on May 6, the anniversary of the sack of Rome in 1527 when 147 guards died defending Pope Clement VII against Spanish and French mercenaries, the lanzichenecchi. This year 32 new guards were enrolled. Some Catholics find the Swiss Guard a symbol of Vatican nostalgia for its regal past. Others find the idea of a papal army disturbing. But if you can bracket off those reactions and take the event on its own terms, it really is quite charming. In an...