The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss Guard, the elite and colourfully dressed corps that protects the pope, will be designed to accommodate female guards even though they are not yet allowed, a ...

The Vatican says the coronavirus has hit the Swiss Guards, with four guards testing positive for the coronavirus and showing symptoms of COVID-19.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Three members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard have hung up their halberds rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, and three others were temporarily suspended in early ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The vaccine requirement 'is a measure that is aligned with those of other armed forces in the world,' said the media spokesperson for the Swiss Guards.

The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss guards will be built to accommodate female members if Pope Francis or his successors allow women to join the elite and colourfully dressed force.

Three members of the Vatican Swiss Guards, the elite colourfully dressed corps that protects the pope, have decided to resign rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, Swiss newspaper Tribune de ...

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.

After Pope Francis’s decision in 2018 to increase the number of Swiss Guards from 110 to 135, “the need to hire new recruits has increased,” the communique said, saying the process of ...

Swiss Guards attend their swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican May 6, 2021. On May 6, 2027, the Guard hopes to inaugurate a newly rebuilt and expanded living quarters.

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 ...

The Swiss Guards, the world’s oldest standing army, provide ceremonial guard duty during papal Masses, man the Vatican gates and help protect the 83-year-old Pope Francis.

Four members of the Vatican’s Swiss Guard tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend and are in isolation.