A Very Happy New Year from Papal Artifacts! We hope the information we have shared with you in 2018... read more →
The World Day of Peace, Created by Pope Paul VI in 1968 In 1968, Pope Paul VI called on all people of the... read more →
The statue is a depiction of Pope St. Sylvester I who reigned from January 31, 314 until his death on December 31, 335. Father Kunst suspects... read more →
The Featured Image: The Chasuble Worn by Pope John Paul II at the Closing Ceremony of World Youth Day Denver 1993 & Commentary by... read more →
Pope Gregory XI was the last of the Avignon popes. The artifacts presented here are two silver coins, known as bologninos. They were coins... read more →
This document is addressed to the Archdiocese of Trent and is sending wishes for a happy new year. It is dated December 29th, 1672 and is signed as... read more →
2018 is the 100th anniversary of the close of WW I. Papal Artifacts acknowledges the Pope who reigned during its entirety. Pope Benedict XV, the most... read more →
The Papal Artifacts’ Collection is primarily dedicated to artifacts connected to the papacy. Individual popes, their biographies and multiple items belonging to them, including first and second class relics,... read more →
Christmas Details You Might Not Know Thanks to archeology, advanced scriptural scholarship and a better sense of non-biblical... read more →
This is a medal from the Holy Year, 1975, during the pontificate of Pope Paul VI. In the Catholic tradition a holy year or Jubilee is a great religious... read more →
Much of Christmas Holds Religious Symbolism It’s the most wonderful time of the year when everyone seems a bit happier. With more spring in our steps and more... read more →
An enduring friendship exists between the former Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, and the Curator of Papal Artifacts, Father Richard Kunst. In January of 2001 Schnurr was appointed bishop... read more →
The item featured here is The Pope's Peace Offering Calendar from 1916. It is in its original box and is a weekly calendar... read more →
The Papal Artifacts’ Collection is primarily dedicated to artifacts connected to the papacy. Individual popes, their biographies and multiple items belonging to them, including first and second class relics,... read more →
The signed, framed photo of Pope Pius XI is an Apostolic Blessing given to the Reverend Henry Robert Langenfeld on the occasion of his ordination... read more →
The Papal Artifacts’ Collection is primarily dedicated to artifacts connected to the papacy. Individual popes, their biographies and multiple items belonging to them, including... read more →
The Papal Artifacts' Collection is enhanced by the relationship Father Kunst was able to develop with his family.... read more →
A Profound Meditation on Advent, Waiting & Sickness by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
A Very Personal Advent of One’s Own Joseph Ratzinger... read more →
Papal Artifacts joins our Church in wishing our Holy Father, Francis, a very happy 82nd birthday. We are grateful for the gift... read more →
The message Pope Francis chose for this Christmas holy card is from the Gospel of... read more →
Father Richard Kunst, Curator &... read more →
The item featured here is an old photo of the Cardinal signed as Bishop. He served as Cardinal Secretary of State to... read more →
This bronze medal of two Milanese cardinals: Saints Ambrose and Charles Borromeo, predecessors of Giovanni Montini, in the Diocese of Milan, Italy, was issued in 1958. Giovanni... read more →
Fulton J. Sheen became the sixth bishop of Rochester New York on this date... read more →
The item presented here is a very unique photo and blessing of Pope Paul VI... read more →
This is a Christmas greeting signed as Cardinal De'Conti, the future Innocent XIII,... read more →
A new Catholic radio station in our area, the RPR Network (YourCatholicRadioStation) is featuring the Curator of Papal Artifacts in a series entitled, Papal Minutes with Fr. Richard... read more →
December 13, 1969: Honoring Our Father, Francis, on the Anniversary of His Ordination Papal Artifacts joins our Church in wishing our Holy Father a happy ... read more →
The artifact is a 1st class relic, meaning it is the physical remains of a saint (bone, a hair, skull, a limb, etc.). Traditionally, a... read more →