What does it take to become a Swiss Guard at the Vatican?
I will organize them into your 2 categories: 1. Swiss Guard Admission Requirements – unchangeable preconditions • “I am of a good moral ethical background” [background cannot be changed, but, it can be added to; presumably if one had a small blemish on one’s record in the past, many years of moral ethical rectitude might compensate for the blemish] • “I am between 19 and 30 years old” [this could be considered changeable only if one were under 19 today; sadly, age is still a one-way function] • I am at least 174 cm tall” [5′ 8.5″] 2.
I will organize them into your 2 categories: 1. Swiss Guard Admission Requirements – unchangeable preconditions • “I am of a good moral ethical background” [background cannot be changed, but, it can be added to; presumably if one had a small blemish on one’s record in the past, many years of moral ethical rectitude might compensate for the blemish] • “I am between 19 and 30 years old” [this could be considered changeable only if one were under 19 today; sadly, age is still a one-way function] • I am at least 174 cm tall” [5′ 8.5″] 2. Swiss Guard Admission Requirements – changeable requirements • “I am a Swiss citizen” [while this is changeable, it is not easily so while also managing to the 19-30 year old requirement] • “I am a Roman Catholic faithful” • “I attended the military school in Switzerland” • “I am not married” • “I have either a professional diploma or a high school degree” Sources:
