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by António Martins, 8 November 2001
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I just saw in the news a short coverage of an Vatican meeting
where the Pope came by car that was addorned with two flags that
were sometimes reported as Pope's personal flag. There were of
the same design as the state flag of Vatican, but the Vatican
Coat of Arms being replaced with the papal personal Coat of Arms (blue, golden cross and letter M) of
Pope John Paul II.
Even if these flags are somtimes (rather often?) seen in various
occasions, I think that this is first time I have seen them used
by the Pope himself or the Vatican government - otherwise these
flags were always seen (more or less) as ornamentation hoisted
by Catholics in various occasions. The two flags on the car
were rather in the triangualr pennant form, with the white fields
therefore being considerably larger then the yellow field, so
that it could contain the CoA confortably.
Željko Heimer, 21 May 2001
The square, yellow-white "flag" with John Paul's
arms which appears on the is more difficult for me to address. I
left Rome in 1994 and have never seen it. I assume that you have
seen it used as a "car flag," which is not out of the
question. Again, I doubt there are legal directives in its
regard. I am confident, however, that it would never be displayed
from any Vatican buildings as a full-size flag in any official
capacity.
Rev. William