During a private audience on Saturday, Pope Francis praised the Swiss Guards for their great patience with pilgrims who visit the Vatican. It tak ...

As millions of pilgrims are expected for the jubilee year in Rome, Pope Francis praised the patient service of the Swiss Guard and support for their families on Saturday. Speaking at an audience ...

After Roger Federer, they are probably the most photographed Swiss – the members of the Swiss Guard. Since 1506 they have protected the head of the Roman Catholic Church and his residence. Pope ...

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 30 - Some 34 new Swiss Guards are set to bring the world's smallest army back up to its full complement of 135 when they take their traditional oath to the pope on May 6 ...

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 ...

Pope Pius XI still has a Swiss Guard.† Whether they, in serving under the Papal flag, are now criminals under Swiss law did not appear last week. Most Swiss seemed to think that what President ...

The written remarks also warned against what the pope termed “brain rot” caused by constant social media scrolling, calling ...

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 guardsmen have it.

Along with the blazing-red serge uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there is perhaps no other official ensemble as instantly recognizable as that of the Swiss Guards, the elite cadre ...

Along with the blazing-red serge uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there is perhaps no other official ensemble as instantly recognizable as that of the Swiss Guards, the elite cadre that ...