The new pope is then expected to make his first public appearance and impart a blessing from the same loggia. ... Bright red cassocks, Swiss Guards standing at attention, ancient Latin chants and ...
The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the answer to why they will be protecting the Sistine Chapel on May 7 as ...
Specifically, the Swiss Guard accompanies the pope to public appearances, guards Vatican City and protects the College of Cardinals during a conclave (the election of a new pope), according to The ...
When a new Pope is elected, the Swiss Guards are always visible in the historic announcement. As soon as white smoke appears from the Sistine Chapel chimney, a detachment of Swiss Guards marches into St. Peter's Square to take positions near the central balcony where the new Pope will appear.
Pope Francis greets new Swiss Guards as they prepare to be sworn in on May 6, 2024, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media. By AC Wimmer. CNA Newsroom, Jan 18, 2025 / 09:00 am ...
Pope Francis greets new Swiss Guards as they prepare to be sworn in on May 6, 2024, at the Vatican. (photo: Vatican Media / VM) AC Wimmer/CNA Vatican January 18, 2025.
Oldest army in the world, the Swiss Guard was established in 1506 by Pope Julius II. Candidates must be between 19-30, a Swiss citizen and Catholic.
As new pope is elected, marching band, Swiss Guards arrive in St. Peter's Square A marching band and and the Swiss Guards arrived in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the election of the new ...
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 ...
Vatican City, May 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm. For the newest class of 34 Swiss Guards who will be sworn in on Monday, their service is based on faith and a love for the Church and the pope as storied as ...
VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White ...
ACI Prensa Staff, May 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm. Pope Francis received the Vatican’s Swiss Guard Corps on the occasion of the swearing-in of the new guards on May 6.
For about 500 years, Swiss Guards have made it a mission to protect the pope. NBC News' Tom Llamas looks inside one of the oldest military units on Earth.April 25, 2025
The guards began the festive day with a morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica celebrated by Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. New Swiss Guards must be Swiss citizens, unmarried, Catholic males between 19 and 30 years old. They commit to serve for at least 26 months.
On May 6, 1527, during the Sack of Rome, 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII from an attack by 20,000 Holy Roman Empire troops, according to the Swiss National Museum. The pope and ...
New recruits of Swiss Guards line up in formation to practice the march and routine of the swearing-in ceremony on May 6, 2024, commemorating the sacrifice of 147 guards who died protecting the ...
VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White ...