We never imagined that the death of a pope and the election of his successor would generate so much design controversy. First ...

According to Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms is intended to reflect his Augustinian roots and the values he seeks ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters ...

This composition is the same as the coat of arms he carried as a bishop and cardinal, but the shield has now been decorated ...

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, ...

The Vatican has released Pope Leo XIV’s signature, which includes the traditional “P.P.” (“Pastor Pastorum”) notation not ...

An earlier coat of arms chosen by Pope Francis since his episcopal ... The letter H is surmounted by a cross, at the top, the three nails. The sand sculpture was created by the artist Nicola ...

This coat of arms differs from the one used when a pope ... but was more often seen wearing this oval-shaped silver ring with a cross on it: It's a ring he used to wear as a cardinal, before ...

A lot of us will be familiar with Glasgow's coat of arms but not many of us know the story behind it. Although a fairly classic medley of images - a bird, a bell, a fish, and a tree - each ...

"The lid was then placed on the zinc coffin, along with Francis’ cross and coat of arms and a plaque with the Pope's name and the duration of his life and Petrine ministry, while psalms were ...