A Swiss Guard recruit holds the Swiss Guard flag as he swears-in during a ceremony for new recruits of the pontifical Swiss Guard at the Vatican, on May 6, 2024. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty ...

Thirty Swiss men, Catholics, aged between 19 and 30, ... The Vatican has been in what is called sede vacante since then, until a new successor to St. Peter is chosen.

Pope Francis greets Vatican Secretary of State Monsignor Pietro Parolin, left, as he arrives to board a plane to Amman, Jordan, for a three-day trip to the Middle East including the West Bank and ...

The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to Russia when he referred to “the courage of the white flag” in a newly released television ...

The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse Pope Francis' latest diplomatic kerfuffle, insisting in media interviews that a primary condition for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is ...

The Swiss Guard was established by Pope Julius II in 1506. Here's what to know about the 500-year-old military body.

So far there are 60 members of Vatican Athletics -- the first Sports Association constituted of nuns, priests, Swiss Guards and other workers.

The elite Swiss Guard watching over conclave have a dramatic role as papal bodyguards The answer to why the guards are the pope’s chosen protectors lies in their Renaissance-style uniform.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse outrage over Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic foray. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is insisting in media interviews that a primary ...

The ruckus over the pope’s comments once again put the Vatican’s diplomatic corps in the position of having to smooth over Francis’ informal, off-the-cuff way of speaking.