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by bcadmin | May 4, 2022 | Barrack renovations, Female Swiss Guards, News, Pontifical Swiss Guard, Swiss foundation, Swiss Guard barracks, Swiss Guards, U.S. & World News, Vatican | 0 |
An agreement between the Vatican and a Swiss foundation overseeing renovations to the Swiss Guard barracks may open the possibility to women joining the military corps in the future.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Devil's mission, Featured, Gendarme corps, News, St. Michael, Swiss Guards, U.S. & World News, Vatican police force | 0 |
The devil’s mission is to destroy any peace and harmony in people’s lives and relationships, Pope Francis said in a homily at Mass with members of the Vatican police force.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | COVID-19, lead, News, Pope Francis, Swiss Guards, Vatican | 0 |
Three members of the Vatican’s fabled Swiss Guard have abandoned the small force due to refusal to comply with a recent mandate to possess either a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or the results of a negative COVID test.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Associated Press, News, Swiss Guards, Switzerland, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
The Swiss government decided Friday to set up a dedicated embassy to the Vatican, for which Switzerland’s ambassador to Slovenia is currently responsible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 14, 2021 | Catholic News Service, News, Swiss Guards, Vatican, Women in the Vatican | 0 |
A complete rebuild and expansion of the living quarters for the Swiss Guard will not only improve life for guards and their families, it will also allow for the future possibility of recruiting women.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 31, 2021 | Church History, cooking, Genoa, Italy, lead, Naples, News, News Analysis, pasta alla genovese, Swiss Guards | 0 |
I’ve said before that a compelling history of the Catholic Church could be written in the form of an Italian cookbook, and on this holiday Monday I’ll prove the point through a dish chosen essentially at random.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2021 | Associated Press, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Murder, News, Swiss Guard, Swiss Guards, Vatican, Vatican City State | 0 |
The Vatican secretary of state has intervened personally to shed light on one of the most sensational Vatican scandals of recent times: The 1998 murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife, purportedly by a disgruntled younger Swiss Guardsman who then took his own life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | COVID-19 vaccinations, Featured, health care workers, Holy See, News, Pfizer vaccine, Swiss Guards, U.S. & World News, Vatican City State | 0 |
The Vatican will begin offering COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-January, giving priority to its health care workers, security personnel, employees who deal with the public and older residents, employees and retirees.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Associated Press, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, second, Swiss Guard, Swiss Guards, Vatican | 0 |
Four Swiss Guards have tested positive for coronavirus and were showing symptoms, the Vatican said Monday, as the surge in infections in surrounding Italy penetrates the Vatican walls.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, Swiss Guard, Swiss Guards, Vatican | 0 |
Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis assured them that God always stands by their side, offering them comfort and consolation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 10, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, Swiss Guards, Vatican | 0 |
Tasked with protecting the pope even at the cost of their own lives, members of the Swiss Guard are not just highly trained specialists in security and ceremonial detail, they also receive extensive spiritual formation, the guard’s chaplain said.
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