Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the founding of the Swiss Guard, the death of a prominent Anglican bishop, and a Newsboys member coming out as atheist ...
Pope Pius XI still has a Swiss Guard.† Whether they, in serving under the Papal flag, are now criminals under Swiss law did not appear last week. Most Swiss seemed to think that what President ...
As millions of pilgrims are expected for the jubilee year in Rome, Pope Francis praised the patient service of the Swiss Guard and support for their families on Saturday. Speaking at an audience ...
The existing large inner courtyard will not be touched. In earlier centuries, before the Swiss Guard was quartered there, the last meters of the pilgrimage route leading to St. Peter’s Square ...