(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.

The furnishings and minutiae of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate are being rolled out in the days following his election. These small details offer a glimpse into the tastes, preferences, and even ...

Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (UCEPO) / X This return to traditional elements accompanies Leo’s papal coat of arms. The heraldic design features a fleur-de-lis on ...

The Duchess of Sussex just can't catch a break - after a series of high-profile missteps and cancelled projects, she has now been accused of plagiarising a Majorcan town’s coat of arms.

Francisca "Xisca" Mora, the mayor of the Mallorcan town of Porreres in Spain, claimed to local outlets that the Duchess of Sussex’s brand logo is "an exact copy" of their historic coat of arms.

He pointed out that the techniques used on the original coat of arms included hatching, pencil shading and highlighting but “no soft blending of the brush.” “Because they are two different mediums,” ...

This is how designer Gillian Bishop responded yesterday to ne­gative feedback over the design of the pan on the updated coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago. Bishop, whose portfolio includes ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s new coat of arms has been revealed. It features an image of a gold steelpan and two pan sticks, replacing the three ships of Christopher Columbus. In a newspaper ...

In late December, by "royal resolution," in an announcement that appears to have gone largely unnoticed until this week the king updated the Danish royal coat of arms. Why Trump wants Greenland ...

The new king of Denmark has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland in an apparent rebuke of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to take over the ...

I now translate, proofread and produce stories. “The proportion of families with their own coat of arms varies from canton to canton, but it’s always significant. For example, 80-90% of ...