During Pope Benedict XVI’s first papal visit to the United States, this symbol appears on everything from the programs for his services to the sash tied around his waist. Each pope creates hi… ...

Vatican City, May 4, 2013 / 05:06 am. 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.

I got a strange e-mail alert Oct. 11 that Pope Benedict XVI has apparently changed his original papal coat of arms. Most notably, he has replaced his original episcopal miter atop the shield or ...

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 ...

The Catholic blogosphere has been abuzz this week over the possibility that Pope Benedict may have changed his coat of arms to include the papal tiara, a symbol of the pope's temporal and ...