A Swiss Guard candidate must have completed a CFC apprenticeship or have a maturity certificate, which help verify an individual's faith, and have completed a military recruit school. At the time ...

The Swiss Guard was established by Pope Julius II in 1506. Here's what to know about the 500-year-old military body.

Now, Honor in Armor: Inside the Vatican Swiss Guard, a new documentary that had its U.S. premiere recently at The Sheen Center in New York City, brings audiences behind the Vatican walls for an ...

According to Rome.us, members of the Swiss Guard are paid 15,600 euros, or about $20,000 per year. They are also given room and board while they serve as guards for the pope.

In 1913, Swiss Guards mutinied for a week in response but eventually received military training as Repond wanted, Alvarez wrote in The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican.

Currently, the Swiss Guard is led by Col. Christoph Graf, and its members are responsible for guarding access to Vatican territory, accompanying the pope on his apostolic journeys, and maintaining ...

Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Foundation in the Vatican’s richly-frescoed Clementine Hall during an audience marking the organization’s 25th anniversary, Jan ...