As Baltimore Archbishop William H. Keeler prepared to leave for elevation to the College of Cardinals in Rome, Howard H. German III was hunched over the drawing board in his Upperco studio. As &#82… ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to welcome 21 new cardinals at the solemn consistory on Dec. 7, each of the men receiving a red hat is set to arrive with a distinctive coat of arms and spiritual ...

The cardinal, who served from 1990 to 1998 as the first Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Palestine, designed Benedict's coat of arms in 2005. His fascination with ecclesiastical heraldry is a ...

Kids can make their very own coat of arms. Download our coat of arms template and have little ones fill in each section with something special about themselves or their family.

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, Apr 27, 2005 / 22:00 pm. The official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published today the new coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI, which includes all of the elements in the ...

This pope, who as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was the Vatican’s chief theologian, is by temperament and training an intellectual, and the intricate and ambiguous imagery on his coat of arms ...