The colorful Swiss Guard that protects the pope is embroiled in controversy over charges that its new commander -- while a police chief in Switzerland -- ordered immigrant prisoners subjected ...

The Pontifical Swiss Guard is over 500 years old, making it one of the oldest standing military units in the world. Founded officially on January 22nd, 1506 by Pope Julius II, at the time the ...

The infected members of the famous guard unit, whose duties include protecting the 83-year-old pontiff Francis, are now in isolation, the Vatican said Monday.

VICENZA, Italy - BOSS Vicenza scored a penalty kick in the first half against the Vatican Swiss Guard in a soccer match at the track and field on Caserma Ederle Aug. 10, 2023.

A former member of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard said he received more than 20 “unambiguous sexual requests” from members of the clergy — many of them high-ranking — while serving as part of ...

Muguette Baudat, mother of Swiss Guard Corporal Cedric Tornay, arrives at the launch of lawyer Laura Sgro's book Sangue in Vaticano (Blood in The Vatican), in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.

ROME -- Thirty-four new Swiss Guard recruits pledged their traditional oath in the Vatican on Monday and swore allegiance to Pope Francis in their distinctive way, raising three fingers to evoke ...

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Foundation in the Vatican’s richly-frescoed Clementine Hall during an audience marking the organization’s 25th anniversary, Jan ...

The important functions of the Vatican's Swiss Guard suggest that they have an important salary, and they receive around 1,800 Swiss francs per month, which is equivalent to about 1,500 euros per ...