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.

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.

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

Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘White Flag’ Remark a Call for Negotiations, Not Ukraine’s Surrender The Holy Father made the remark during an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI.

The members of the Swiss Guard are also responsible for the security of the 133 cardinals who gather starting today in the Sistine Chapel, secluded from the world, and who will choose the new ...

Reports suggest the Swiss Guard has begun rehearsing funeral arrangements, though the Vatican has not officially confirmed this. For more news like this visit The Economic Times.

The Vatican secretary of state is seeking to defuse outrage over Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic foray, insisting in media interviews that a primary condition for negotiations to end the war in ...

The very brief telegraph, received yesterday, simply announcing the breaking off of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Vatican, through not unexpected, is so sudden that some ...

Vatican diplomats seek to defuse pope's kerfuffle over Ukraine 'white flag' comments The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic kerfuffle ...

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s foreign ministry summoned the papal nuncio on Monday to express “disappointment” with Pope Francis’ comments that Ukraine should “show the courage of the white flag ...

Francis’ remarks to Swiss broadcaster RSI, recorded in early February but only aired on Saturday, elicited immediate criticism from Ukraine and its allies, even after the Vatican press office ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican secretary of state is trying to defuse outrage over Pope Francis’ latest diplomatic foray. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is insisting in ...