Pope Leo XIV has announced his motto and coat of arms – a long-held tradition for those in the ranks of bishops, cardinals and popes. The choice of symbols and words reflects the person’s ...

(The Conversation) — In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.

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 ...

As armour has long since disappeared from the Swiss arsenal, coats of arms are of little practical use either. It might be possible to engrave them on a ring to seal mail, but here again, this ...

The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump. King Frederik has ...

According to the statement, the royal coat of arms received a public showing last week when it was featured on a flag raised at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen for the royal family’s New Year ...

Denmark’s king has unveiled a new royal coat of arms that more prominently features Greenland, as President-elect Donald Trump again floats the idea of the United States buying the Danish ...