Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vatican Swiss Guard recruits line up for their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican, Monday, May 6, 2024. The ceremony is held ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the age of 88, Pope Francis died on the morning of Monday, April 21. The pontiff had spent the better part of the year at ...

Armor like a knight on horseback. A helmet with bright-colored plumes sticking out. Wide blue and gold-striped pants that can seem almost clown-like. The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Maximilian Fischer, 20, is one of the new recruits to an institution that has been protecting popes since the 16th century - the Swiss Guard. Known to tourists in St Peter's ...

Recruits joined the Vatican's Pontifical Swiss Guard, the world’s oldest standing army, in a swearing-in ceremony presided over by Pope Leo XIV. The new guards suited up ...

VATICAN CITY — The Swiss government agreed last week to give $5.66 million toward the renovation of the Swiss Guard barracks at the Vatican. The Swiss Federal Council, the highest executive authority ...

JERUSALEM — The first organized Holy Land pilgrimage in Pontifical Swiss Guard history quietly took place last month, with none of the attention the Pope’s foot soldiers ordinarily attract. Dressed in ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — With a determined gaze, Renato Peter clenched the flag of the Swiss Guard in his fist while holding up three fingers of his other hand in a salute to the Holy Trinity. When called ...

If you've ever visited Vatican City, you might have noticed the armed guards in full regalia at some point. They go by many names, including Swiss Guard, the Pontifical Swiss Guard, and the Papal ...

ROME – Just as New York readies to host the biggest night of the fashion world’s annual calendar tomorrow night at the Met Gala, this time with a Catholic theme, back in Rome the Swiss Guard made a ...