A Message from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals, on April 8, 2005 In these twenty-five years as Vicar of Jesus Christ in the apostolic... 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 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 artifact is a hand-carved wooden reliquary from the 1600's, and it contains a substantial relic of St.... read more →
This is a postcard dated October 18, 1903, that was sent to Pius XII’s relative, Ernesto Pacelli. At the time he was a fairly young priest.... 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 →
This is a swathe of cloth from a stocking belonging to John Paul I when he was Cardinal Albino Luciani. He was the Pope for thirty-three... read more →
These seven rosaries were all gifts to Father Richard Kunst from Pope John Paul II. The Holy Father directly gave all but one... read more →
The featured item is a poster hung in Rome while Pope John Paul II was celebrating the silver anniversary of his pontificate on October 16th, 2003. This... read more →
On this anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, we direct your attention to these historical items for purchase from Papal Artifacts. To have a signature of... read more →
When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one... read more →
History Won’t Forget the Canonization of Pope Paul VI This has been a very good year for people... read more →
George Weigel, in Witness to Hope, sights Pope John Paul’s conviction that God’s action in history has sanctified time. For Christians, time is no mere chronology; time is the dramatic arena... read more →
The artifact featured here is a medal from the sixteenth year of his pontificate and was meant to... read more →
The quote in the you tube are the words of the soon to... read more →
Papal Artifacts is happy to share the following information released today from the Catholic News Agency: the opening of the canonization process for the parents of Pope St. John... read more →
In front of St. Peter’s Basilica, there are... read more →
The artifact presented here is known to be excessively rare given the contagious illness St. Damien contracted four years before his death. The fact that St. Damien was canonized... 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 →
Father Richard Kunst... read more →
Edgbaston, July 4, 1852. About Blessed John Henry Newman: God has created... read more →
A card attached to this large rosary belonging to Pope Benedict XV states that it was believed to be used by... read more →
These ciboria were used at the Mass in Washington D.C. that Pope John Paul II celebrated on October 7, 1979. They contain an... read more →
On this date in 1969 then Bishop Fulton Sheen resigned as Bishop of Rochester. As he said, “I am not retiring, only retreading.” Pope (Saint) Paul VI named... read more →
On this date in 1969 then Bishop Fulton Sheen resigned as Bishop of Rochester. As he said, “I am not retiring, only retreading.” Pope Paul VI... read more →
This document is addressed... read more →
This was actually written while Pius II was a cardinal. And so his first name... read more →