Vatican - Personal Flag and Arms of Francis

Last modified: 2025-01-18 by rob raeside
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• Overview
• Papal Pennant
• Coat of Arms of Francis

See also:

• Vatican City (Holy See)
• Vatican (Holy See) - The Keys and Coat of Arms
• Vatican - Historical flags
• Roman Catholic Church
• Christian flags (index page)

Overview

Today in the first public appearance of H.H. the Pope Benedict XVI in a balcony it was still used the Coat of Arms of H.H the Pope John Paul II. This will probably change in the next few days, when the new Pope would have its own Coat of Arms.
Francisco Gregoric, 19 April 2005

Papal Pennant

  image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 December 2024

I’m not 100% sure that Pope Francis also has his own papal pennant, I haven’t found any picture of it.
Zoltan Horvath, 16 December 2024

Coat of Arms of Francis

  image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 December 2024

The arms of Pope Francis are posted at http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/03/18/news/30649.html. The coat of arms is the same as the cardinal's coat of arms, the miter is the same as that of Benedict XVI, and the keys are the same as those of John Paul II.
Luismi Arias, 18 March 2013

The papal coat of arms has undergone a few major adjustments to more clearly reflect the symbolism of Mary and St. Joseph. The five-pointed star has been replaced with an eight-pointed star, and the spikenard flower looks more like a flower rather than a bunch of grapes, as it did in its original form.

The Vatican published the new coat of arms on its website March 27, 2013.
Source: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1301407.htm
Jens Pattke, 28 March 2013