For the second month, recruits train at the Pontifical Swiss Guard Headquarters in Vatican City. They learn proper saluting, individual and group formations, guard changes and how to handle the ...

VATICAN CITY, — They’re some of the most recognizable figures in Vatican City, dressed in bright stripes and carrying ancient weapons. But behind the pageantry, the Swiss Guard is a modern ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves ... until they find a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member church. The Vatican’s Swiss Guards and Italian carabinieri and police have ...

Swiss Guards stand in formation at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Thursday, after the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the next pope. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images ...

Two main security teams look after the Vatican: the Pontifical Swiss Guard and the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State. A spokesperson for the Swiss National Guard said they will not be providing ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a Vatican official calling out “extra ... Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” as Swiss Guards stood at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks ... A colonel and a major of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps are among those taking the oath — they will be responsible for surveillance near the Sistine Chapel ...

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...

For the second month, recruits train at the Pontifical Swiss Guard Headquarters in Vatican City. They learn proper saluting, individual and group formations, guard changes and how to handle the ...