WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the founding of the Swiss Guard, the death of a prominent ...

We all need to help and support one another, and this applies to individual communities, and also to the entire Church.” Pope ...

The Pontifical Swiss Guard, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is among the oldest active military units in continuous ...

Vatican Swiss Guard recruits line up for their swearing-in ceremony, at the Vatican, on May 6. For almost three decades, the Swiss Guard uniforms have been crafted — every detail overseen — by ...

In fact, the Papal State refuses to pay anything for the renovation of the barracks of the Swiss Guard, taking the position that it is a Swiss matter. In addition, church funds would not be used ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) During a private audience on Saturday, Pope Francis praised the Swiss Guards for their "great patience" with pilgrims who visit the Vatican. "It takes patience, and the ...

Gossipist Walter Winchell reported last week: “Mussolini’s soldiers hope to retreat to Rome where they can be protected by the Vatican’s Swiss Guards.” Swiss Guards carry halberds.

For the next five years, dozens of priests, courtesy of CIA and MI6 training ... head of the Swiss Guards, and his wife Gladys Romero, were found shot dead in their Vatican flat, ­alongside ...