The Vatican released the Bishop of Rome's official coat of arms on Saturday. It depicts an upper portion marked with a fleur-de-lis and a lower half decorated with a burning heart, pierced by an ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is mixing his Argentine past with his Roman present to create his new papal coat of arms, while harking back to a pope associated with the Second Vatican Council for ...

While galeros are present on all cardinals’ coat of arms, cardinals have not worn them on their heads since 1969, when as part of the Second Vatican Council, which aimed to modernize the ...

Vatican City, Feb 22, ... Because of this, part of the department is dedicated to protecting "the symbols and coats of arms of the Holy See" through appropriate channels on an international level.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is mixing his Argentine past with his Roman present to create his new papal coat of arms, ...

"The pope’s coat of arms has not changed. It is what was explained at the beginning of his pontificate,” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News Service this ...

The Vatican’s official flag design renders the coat of arms differently, with the circular bottom of the tiara in white. The image was reverted to the correct one in 2022, but the damage was done.

The Vatican said that neither Pope Francis' papal ring nor his coat of arms will be ornate Credit: Photo: AFP The Vatican said that neither his papal ring nor his coat of arms will be ornate. The ...

This image released by Vatican Governatorato Saturday, May 10, 2025. shows the Pope Leo XIV’s coat of arms. (Vatican Secretariat of State via AP) ...

The Vatican announced plans to monitor with a more careful eye those who print official images of the pope or the Holy See and sell them for profit. The Vatican clarified that there was no link ...