According to Rome.us, members of the Swiss Guard are paid 15,600 euros, or about $20,000 per year. They are also given room and board while they serve as guards for the pope.

— -- This isn’t a fairy tale. It’s the true story of a woman from Huntington Beach, California, who fell in love after asking a question of a Swiss Guard while on vacation at the Vatican.

34 recruits join Vatican's Swiss Guard, swearing allegiance to Pope Francis. The world’s smallest army is still recruited from Swiss towns and villages. By Phoebe Natanson. May 6, 2024, 2:11 PM.

Vatican City is proud of your presence!” he said in a private audience at the Vatican May 6, welcoming 36 men from Switzerland who were to be sworn in as Swiss Guards later that day.

Rome Newsroom, May 19, 2023 / 10:30 am. A Vatican magistrate has sentenced the unidentified man who forcibly entered Vatican City on Thursday night to mandatory psychiatric treatment, according to ...

On May 9, a spokesperson for the Swiss Guard, Cpl. Cinotti Eliah, wrote that as far as he knew, none of the guards now play tennis, which may be both good and bad news for Pope Leo.