Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Armor like a knight on horseback. A helmet with bright-colored plumes sticking out. Wide blue and gold-striped pants that can seem ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world's smallest army, charged with guarding the pope and the Vatican, has a new look. The Swiss Guard on Thursday unveiled a ...
Most of the readers of this column would probably be familiar with the young men in red, yellow and blue uniforms marching around parts of the city of Rome. They carry with them a halberd, which is a ...
The pope met with members of the Swiss Guard, including 27 new recruits and their family members Oct. 3 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican, and he attended the swearing-in ceremony Oct. 4 -- the ...
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, ...