3 Swiss Guards have left the service, the reason revealed

They swear to serve the Pope faithfully by offering their lives if necessary. But they hadn't expected to have the Covid-19 vaccine.

For this three Swiss Guards no-vax have given up their service in the Vatican. In all, the vaccine-free Guards, which have become mandatory for them, were six. But three of them agreed to get vaccinated. The Swiss newspaper writes'Tribune de Geneve'.

The spokesperson for the Swiss Guards Urs Breitenmoser, confirming the news, he said that three halberdiers have left their service "freely", while three others are suspended from their duties until they have completed the vaccination cycle.

"It is a measure that adapts to that of other army corps in the world", specified the spokesman for the Pope's army. From October XNUMXst, the Green pass is mandatory in the Vatican for all employees, which can be obtained not only with the vaccine but also with a negative test.

In the specific case of the Swiss Guards, who are always in close contact with the Pope and his guests, it was believed that the test was not enough because it could not detect recent infections and therefore the path of mandatory vaccine was chosen.

We remember that Papa Francesco he was among the first to be vaccinated (with Pfizer) once the reliability of prevention was established. Even before leaving for Iraq in March he had largely completed the cycle. No official comment on the affair of the three Swiss Guards no vax, at least so far.

For all, the reference is to what Bergoglio said recently, returning from his last trip to Slovakia, about no vax. That is to say this: “It's a bit strange, because humanity has a history of friendship with vaccines: as children we, even measles, that other, polio”.

Some then “say it is a danger because with the Vaccine you get the vaccine inside, and so many arguments that have created this division. Even in the College of Cardinals there are some 'deniers' and one of these, poor fellow, is hospitalized with the virus. Well, the irony of life ". The reference is to Cardinal Burke, who in those days was just out of intensive care precisely because of the covid.