For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates. Dressed in their ceremonial red ...

A Groundbreaking Look at the Swiss Guard’s Hidden World For over five centuries, the Vatican Swiss Guard has stood as a symbol of faith, loyalty, and sacrifice, charged with protecting the Pope and ...

The 88-year-old made his first public appearance in five weeks at the hospital on Sunday after surviving a life-threatening ...

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks, waving from a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital ...

The man, a business lawyer from the city of Solothurn ... for the renovation of the barracks of the Papal Swiss Guard in the Vatican, the lawyer not only served as managing director, but also ...

A weak and frail Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia, ...

Housing around 800 citizens, the country is renowned for its cultural and religious treasures, including the famous Sistine Chapel and the Swiss Guards. The world's smallest country, Vatican City ...