A Sunday Homily about Pope St. Celestine V The Last Pope to Resign... read more →
About the Autographed Photo of Pope Benedict XVI: Commentary by Father Richard Kunst This item is actually both... read more →
These are the "Cardinal Zucchettos" in the Papal Artifacts' Collection The Featured Image Pope John Paul I This zucchetto is one of the most... read more →
Holy Card Commemorating the Ordination of Pope Benedict XVI, Signed–FrontHoly Card Commemorating the Ordination of Pope Benedict XVI, Signed--Close up of SignatureHoly Card Commemorating the Ordination of Pope Benedict XVI,... read more →
The first class relic presented here is actually the flesh of Pope Saint John XXIII. Father Kunst was able to obtain this very precious relic from the Vatican. His flesh... read more →
Rome's Colosseum, long a symbol of the persecution of early Christians, was bathed in red light late Feb. 24 as a reminder of and a prayer for the thousands... read more →
https://youtu.be/YsldXarihsI A Zucchetto of Saint John XXIIICalling Card From St. Ann's Rectory Signed as Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of VeniceAn Index Card from Dominic Tardini, Secretary to Pope John XXIIIPope John... read more →
The artifact is a pectoral cross belonging to the future Pope John Paul I. It contains a relic of Saint Francis de Sales in it. Albino Luciani was consecrated Bishop... read more →
In the Papal Artifacts’ Collection there have been many unique... read more →
A Holy Year Brick from 1775, the Oldest Brick in the Collection The Collection has several Holy Year... read more →
Vatican City State Flag & National... read more →
Here’s the Real Story Behind St. Valentine’s Day ... read more →
February 13, 1633: Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating the Copernican theory, which holds... read more →
When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words During a farewell day for former Superior General Adolfo Nicolas, SJ, at the Jesuit Curia in Rome, Pope Francis dropped... read more →
The Holy Hour Is it difficult? Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forgo a social engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on... read more →
The artifact is the Ordination Holy Card from Eugenio Pacelli’s 1899 ordination to the priesthood. REMEMBRANCE 1899 Eugenio Pacelli a Roman elevated to the Priesthoodon Easter Day On the following... read more →
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Pope John Paul I ordination cardPope John Paul I ordination card On July 7, 1935, Albino Luciani was ordained to the priesthood, the first step on what was to culminate... read more →
I owe Bishop Brom for so much in my life. He accepted me to be a seminarian for the diocese of Duluth back in the 1980s and was a mentor... 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 →