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Memories of Serving in the Swiss Guard [2min]

For 500 years, the Swiss Guard has served the pope and the Vatican. One region in Switzerland sends large numbers of young men to serve in Rome. A high school teacher in Naters, who served in the Swiss Guard in the 1980s, tells his story.

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