The mission of the Swiss Guard, the oldest military corps in the world, is to ensure the security of the Pope and protect the cardinals when the chair of Peter is vacant. But what happens when the ...

Thirty-four new Swiss Guard recruits pledged their traditional oath in the Vatican on Monday and swore allegiance to Pope Francis in their distinctive way, raising three fingers to evoke the Holy ...

Demanding, but at the same time, very understanding. He encompasses these two things because he himself spent two years as a Swiss Guard and he is familiar with the situation in which these young ...