The mostly wool military-dress uniform will not replace the iconic red, orange and blue uniforms for which the guards are famous. Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of ...
The Swiss Guards protect the main entrances of Vatican City, the pope and provide ceremonial guard duty at papal events. But Vatican City is primarily policed by a separate force of gendarmes who hail ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...
ROME(AP) — 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 ...
The Swiss Guards, who have protected popes for the last five centuries, now have a new uniform. The mostly wool uniform is the recreation of a historic military dress for use at galas and other ...
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