ROME, OCT 3 - Pope Leo XIV will be present Saturday at the swearing-in ceremony of the Swiss Guards, the first pontiff to do ...

The new uniform is one of several outfits the guards wear. The most famous is the “Gala Uniform,” which despite popular ...

The mostly wool military-dress uniform will not replace the iconic red, orange and blue uniforms for which the guards are ...

The Vatican's Swiss Guards have introduced a new formal uniform, marking a significant update to their attire. On Thursday ...

It all dates back to the late 1400s when guardsmen began serving the Papal States. In 1505, the Swiss bishop Matthaus Schiner, who later became a cardinal, proposed to Pope Julius II the creation of a ...

Armor like a knight on horseback. A helmet with bright-colored plumes sticking out. Wide blue and gold-striped pants that can seem almost clown-like. The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, ...

A person walks along the elevated secret narrow 800-meter corridor, known as "Passetto", that runs atop the old Vatican walls between the Popes' Vatican palace and the Castel Sant'Angelo fortress, ...