As “Woodcarver to the Cardinal,” as the 48-year-old Baltimore County artisan laughingly describes himself, Mr. German had 10 days to redesign and carve the prelate’s coat-of-arms.

Here is a look at the spiritual motto and coat of arms for each of the bishops who will become cardinals at the Dec. 7 consistory: ...

The cardinal who designed Pope Benedict XVI's coat of arms says he needs a new one now that he is no longer the pontiff.

A hat-shaped symbol used as part of a Roman Catholic cardinal’s coat of arms has been misrepresented online as a UFO symbol to question whether the Vatican is ruled by aliens.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, 58, patriarch of Jerusalem: “Sufficit tibi Gratia mea” (“My grace is sufficient for you”). The coat of arms of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

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 ...

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 ...

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