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1 week agoPope lends star power to Swiss Guards swearing-in ceremony as his army struggles to find recruits
Leo sat in a throne in a courtyard of the Apostolic Palace as the new guards in their distinctive yellow, blue and red "gala uniforms" held their right arm up in a three-fingered salute and pledged "with all my strength, sacrifice and if necessary my life" to defend him and serve him. The Vatican didn't say why Leo decided to preside over the ceremony, though he had attended it in years past as a cardinal.
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