Understanding Infallibility of the Pope On February 22, the church celebrates the feast day of the Chair of Peter. It is a feast in which the church celebrates... read more →
It is an honor to remember today, on the anniversary of the death in 1945 of the Jesuit, Alfred Delp, these three courageous... read more →
It’s fascinating to speculate about the journey of this matrix and the other items that have made their way to this Collection to... 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 primarily dedicated to artifacts connected to the papacy. Individual popes, their biographies and... 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 →
About the Artifact: A Signed Letter of Carlo Maderno Carlo Maderno was responsible for the façade of St. Peter’s and therefore, one of the... read more →
The translated letter signed as Pope is dated June, 1599. Papal Artifacts is grateful to Professor John Adams for his generosity in this and other translations in the... read more →
Here is Father’s Commentary We have talked about Pope Julius II having Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel. His... read more →
This is an untranslated 8 X 11 papal letter assuring Cardinal Lancelotti that all vacant posts in the city and dioceses of Piacenza will be filled by the persons... read more →
Anyone familiar with Pope John Paul II is aware of the massive amount of young people who swarmed to... read more →
An interesting fact about this Pope is that he was known to use the sleeve of his cassocks as a place to dab his fountain pen to make the... read more →
For those of you unfamiliar with the relics on Papal Artifacts or with the practice of venerating relics in the Catholic church, we hope this blog... read more →
At this Mass hundreds of Eucharistic ministers distributed communion to the people... read more →
Papal Artifacts joins in honoring this physician who served in such a capacity that traversed the pontificates of four popes. We offer our prayers and gratitude... read more →
Mother Teresa Your work on behalf of God’s kingdom will be better carried out if you know how he wants you to carry it out, but you will... read more →
January 25, 1959: Pope John XXIII Stuns the World with the Announcement of the Second Vatican Council Scheduled to Commence in October 1962 There have been only twenty-one... read more →
This papal slipper belonging to Pope Leo XIII, the newest artifact in the Collection, is displayed in a decorative box made by nuns. The inside is... read more →
The Catholic Church has always honored and revered the Mother of God, a stumbling block to Protestants and even to many Catholics. In these audio commentaries, originally given at... 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 →
I wish with all my heart to be one of the Chosen Ones, whose privilege it will be to sacrifice themselves for the salvation of the... read more →
In January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States gave... read more →
The medal is silver, in its own case and weighs 42 grams. It measures 44 mm in diameter and... read more →
The item presented here is a beautiful Morion... 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 word, bull comes from the Latin, bubble. It is the lead seal that is appended to the end of a document acting as the signature... 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 →
These coins commemorate the pastoral visit of John Paul II to Cuba. An image of John Paul II and the cathedral in Cuba is on one... read more →
In 2001, Father Kunst and his father went to northern Italy, to an area called Belluno, where Pope John Paul I lived.... read more →
The artifact is an etching from 1718, during the pontificate of Clement XI. It depicts a map of the city of Rome, Old & New. The map encompasses the majority... read more →
I went to college at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary on the campus of St. Mary’s University in Winona. While down there, a couple of buddies of mine from... read more →