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.

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 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 episcopal coat of arms of Cardinal Joseph ...

Peter Cardinal Turkson urges Ghanaians to reject greed and protect shared resources at Ghana’s first National Thanksgiving Day, calling for moral courage and virtuous living.