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, ...
VATICAN CITY — The world’s oldest army has new uniforms. But don’t worry: The Swiss Guards’ famed blue, yellow and red Renaissance-style billowy garb isn’t going anywhere. Rather, the pope’s army on ...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV presided Saturday over the swearing-in ceremony of 27 new Swiss Guards, lending some surprise star power to the pomp-filled ceremony as the corps struggles to find enough young men ...
Pope Leo XIV is greeted by Pontifical Swiss Guard's 35th Commander Christoph Graf, left, upon his arrival to the swearing in ceremony of 27 Pontifical Swiss Guards cadets in the St. Damasus courtyard ...
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