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 ...

The Vatican Athletics – the first accredited track team from the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church – will include about 60 Holy See runners of Swiss Guards, priests, nuns, pharmacists ...

In their plumed helmets and striped uniforms, the Swiss Guards are one of the most beloved traditions of the Vatican — and on Thursday take a central role in the pope's historic resignation.

The Swiss Guards swear an oath to give up their lives to protect the pope _ and in centuries past, they have. In 1527, 147 of them died protecting Pope Clement VII as he fled to safety when the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican launched an official track team Thursday with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee ...

About 60 Holy See runners – Swiss Guards, priests, nuns, pharmacists and even a 62-year-old professor who works in the Vatican’s Apostolic Library – are the first accredited members of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican ... About 60 Holy See runners — Swiss ... “The dream that we have often had is to see the Holy See flag among the delegations at the opening of the Olympic ...

The Vatican launched an official track team Thursday with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee. About 60 Holy See ...

About 60 Holy See runners -- Swiss Guards, priests, nuns, pharmacists and even a 62-year-old professor who works in the Vatican's Apostolic Library -- are the first accredited members of Vatican ...