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 ...

View Design for a sarcophagus shaped casket with lions mask handles, the cover surmounted by the coat of arms of a cardinal by Luigi Valadier on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Luigi ...

Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has sent copies of a book that suggests qualities desirable in a future pope to cardinals across the globe.

The coat of arms depicts an upper portion marked with a fleur-de-lis and a lower half decorated with a burning heart, pierced by an arrow, set atop of a Bible.