Friends, before she died at age twenty-four on September 30, 1897, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux remarked, “I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth.” https://youtu.be/O7EJc94SfQg St. Therese... 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 →
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 →
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... read more →
Featured Image All automobiles used during Vatican II to transport prelates from various locations to the Council were identified by a small enameled plate that said Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II. The... read more →
NOTE: The statue in the US... read more →
In front of St. Peter’s Basilica, there are... 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 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 →
Get a glimpse of this one-of-a-kind special event. Hear from the curator himself, Fr. Richard Kunst, and well-known museum expert, Mark Hall-Patton. The collection was shown in Duluth, Minnesota on... read more →
With Great Thanks to Stella Maris Academy, Beneficiary of Vatican Unveiled, for This Beautiful Video! Get a glimpse of this one-of-a-kind special event. Hear from the curator... read more →
Father Richard Kunst has formed a friendship with the family of Pope John Paul I and in particular, his niece, Pia Luciani. He has received... read more →
Edgbaston, July 4, 1852. About Blessed John Henry Newman: God has created... read more →
These ciboria were used at the Mass in Washington D.C. celebrated by Pope John Paul II on October 7, 1979. They contain an... read more →
Father Richard Kunst Why This Feast Is So Important, Personally & Generally! October 7 is the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is an important... 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 →
This document is addressed... read more →
This was actually written while Pius II was a cardinal. And so his first name... read more →
On October 6, 1979 Blessed John Paul II became the first Pope to... read more →
The artifact is a letter signed by Pope Gregory XIII, dated February 9th, 1581, prior to the enactment of the Gregorian calendar which occurred on... read more →
This is quite a unique item of historic significance. It is a menu that was used aboard ‘Shepherd One’, the Pope’s airplane, when Paul VI... read more →
The beautiful reliquary featured here contains a portion of the cincture (cord) St. Francis wore around his waist. It is a 2nd class relic (meaning it is an object... read more →
Father Kunst has a very close connection with the Swiss Guard. When The Vatican Comes to Duluth exhibit was presented in Duluth, Minnesota in October 2004, Father Kunst... read more →
About Pope Pius VII: Luigi Chiramonte was born in the... 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 →