When the commander of the Swiss Guard, his ex-model wife and a young officer in the corps were discovered shot dead at the Vatican in May 1998, it was the kind of story a journalist dreams about a ...

A Groundbreaking Look at the Swiss Guard’s Hidden World For over five centuries, the Vatican Swiss Guard has stood as a symbol of faith, loyalty, and sacrifice, charged with protecting the Pope and ...

Learn about Iceland, Monaco, and other countries with no militaries. These are the agreements and strategies they have for national defence.

Housing around 800 citizens, the country is renowned for its cultural and religious treasures, including the famous Sistine Chapel and the Swiss Guards. The world's smallest country, Vatican City ...

The ways in which small city-states safeguard their sovereignty are sometimes similar, sometimes different. The CNA series ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

But what happens when the Holy Father is outside the Vatican walls, as is the case now with Pope Francis in the hospital? Currently, the Swiss Guard is led by Col. Christoph Graf, and its members ...

Yesterday afternoon, 33 new recruits to the Pontifical Swiss Guard took oaths of allegiance to the Pope in the Vatican City's San Damaso courtyard. Among them was their first-ever non-white recruit: ...

A group of elite assasins was sent to the Vatican and the Swiss Guard was the only thing standing between them and the Pope. Initially, the movie was poised to have a female protagonist. And while we ...