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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the Swiss Guard’s halberds and uniforms have remained largely unchanged over the centuries, its ceremonial helmets are now a product of 21st-century technology. The four-pound, hand-forged metal helmet has been replaced with new lightweight headgear. Still crafted in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO PANAMA (CNS) — While speaking to a journalist aboard his flight to Panama, Pope Francis confirmed that he will visit Japan this year. Greeting members of the press aboard the flight Jan. 23, the pope was …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Luisa Gonzalez, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer Jan. 20, he told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square that he had "two pains in my heart: Colombia and the Mediterranean." "I want to assure the Colombian …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos PANAMA CITY (CNS) — Jorge Soto wore a wrestling mask typical of Lucha Libre fighters in Mexico and every few steps he took, others would sidle up to have a picture taken with him. The mask was fun to wear, and it was …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Yoichi Okamoto, courte By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Societies today need "artisans of peace," like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., "who can be messengers and authentic witnesses of God the Father, who wills the good and the happiness of the human family," said the president of the U.S. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — Those who stand up for the dignity of life in all its stages and want to see this respect for all life enshrined once again in U.S. law have a friend in the Pence family and the Trump administration, Vice …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese of Washington’s annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, held Jan. 18 at the Capital One …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — A report published Jan. 17 says the number of immigrant children separated from their parents at the border last year is unknown and the number given out by government officials at the end of 2018, saying that 2,737 children were separated, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to one Christian church or community are not recognized and shared, Pope Francis said. "It is easy …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia, quoted from Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien to make a pro-life point during his homily at the Jan. 18 Mass that closed the Vigil for Life. "In J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ …