Pope Leo XIV’s coat of arms with his episcopal motto, “In Illo uno unum,” or “In the One, we are one.” (CNS photo/Vatican Media) By now, readers are likely aware that Pope Leo XIV, previously known as ...

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.

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.

The official coat of arms of Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Vatican Media Beneath the shield runs a scroll displaying the pope’s episcopal motto: “In illo uno unum” (“In the one Christ we are one ...

Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms with his episcopal motto, "In Illo uno unum," literally "In the One (Christ), we are one," is seen in an image published by the Vatican Secretariat of State May 10, 2025.

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, while the right side displays the Sacred Heart of Jesus resting on a ...

Peru is to impose a curfew and temporarily suspended gold mining in the northern district of Pataz where 13 people were killed after a kidnapping inside a gold mine.

Amalendu Misra is a recipient of Nuffield Foundation and British Academy Fellowships. The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, declared a state of emergency in the capital city, Lima, on March 18 ...

Meghan Markle has been accused of copying a small Mallorcan town’s coat of arms in her rebrand, but the village’s mayor confessed they can’t afford to sue her.

Ecuadorian gangs are creeping into Peru, drawn by drug trafficking and illegal mining profits, and pushed by a security crackdown back home.

The cinchona tree is so closely interwoven with Peruvian history, it appears on the flag and the coat of arms of the country. In the 17 th century, the cinchona tree transformed the world when ...

She began by clarifying the prevailing narrative of how the coat of arms came to be designed in the first place: “When Trinidad and Tobago gained independence in 1962, Carlisle Chang was ‘hired’ to ...