https://youtu.be/OJxpptcO7Ig Artifacts Connected to Pope Urban VIII in the Papal Artifacts Collection Hand Colored Engraved Portrait of Pope Urban VIII from 1623Letter Signed by Pope Urban VIII as Cardinal Maffeo... read more →
https://youtu.be/L9XQFYsLWZo The catacombs of St. Callixtus are the final resting place to over 50 martyrs and 16 pontiffs. In the early days of Christianity, these passageways formed one of the... read more →
https://youtu.be/qQNkqTW-sn8?si=tctCqr5y-arJFj0- An apostolic exhortation is a magisterial document written by the pope. Some experts regard it as third in importance among papal documents, after apostolic constitutions and encyclicals. Exhortations generally encourage a particular virtue or... read more →
Pictured here is Pope St. John Paul II with his beloved mentor, Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, soon after his election as pope. In a letter dated exactly 44 years ago... read more →
Indult In the Roman Catholic Church it is a license granted by the Pope authorizing an act that the common law... read more →
Oftentimes, Father Kunst’s story of the purchase of an item is as interesting as the purchase itself. The Swiss Guard uniform dating to Pope Leo XIII’s pontificate is... read more →
Lumen gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council. This dogmatic constitution was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 21 November 1964, following approval by... read more →
In the Poland of Pope St. John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe & Blessed Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Papal Artifacts joins the Polish people as they celebrate the beatification of Father... read more →
Oscar A Romero Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, C. A. (Seminario San... read more →
A Vatican Stamp Collection from the Past 150 Years Recently, a stamp collector, Christopher Brunner, generously donated his very large collection of Vatican stamps... read more →
Saint Pope John Paul II Suffering Unleashes Love Apostolic Letter "Salvifici Doloris" Following the parable of the Gospel, we could say that suffering, which is present under so... read more →
Father Michael McGivney Founder of the Knights of Columbus Catholic News Service The beatification ceremony for Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be... read more →
With Pope Francis on a visit to the Jesuit Curia in Rome To mark the founding of the Society of Jesus on September 27, 1540, the Holy Father, himself a... read more →
BUILT IN THE 4TH CENTURY, this massive Roman church has undergone centuries of change and expansion, and along the way has become home to a... read more →
https://youtu.be/CD2RnNW5e_8?si=QaXF7aW7t6vMTS-m St. Therese of LisieuxSt. Therese of LisieuxSt. Therese of Lisieux: Carmelite ConventBurial Site of St. Therese of Lisieux, InteriorBurial Site of St. Therese of Lisieux Pope Francis publishes new... read more →
Perhaps the Lord has called me and preserved... read more →
The quote in the you tube are the words of the canonized... read more →
https://youtu.be/t4qEunCEFqo The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on October 11 to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican... read more →
Pope Paul VI on Pope Honorius III Pope Innocent III commissioned Pietro Cavallini (1259 – c. 1330) for the fresco cycles for the Basilica di San Paolo fuori... read more →
This papal slipper belonging to Pope Leo XIII is displayed in a decorative box made by nuns. The inside is lined in silk with two small,... read more →
We celebrate the birth and feast day (in Italy) of Giovanni Montini... read more →
Pope Francis: Brass Ciborium Used at a Papal Mass in New YorkThis is a brass ciborium measuring 6 1/4 inches in diameter with an inner... read more →
In honor of our Holy Father, we are honoring the Apostle’s feast day as a... read more →
Look down with maternal clemency, Most Blessed Virgin, upon all your children. Consider the anxiety of bishops who fear that their flocks will be tormented by a terrible... read more →
The year was 1683. The situation was dire. Turkish invaders... read more →
In 1915 & 1916, The Peace Pope, Benedict XV, was the only world leader to officially condemn the genocide that occurred in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), which... read more →
https://youtu.be/OIq-o4G7occ Historian Giovanni Maria Vian highlights the value of this Pope's humility. On Sunday, September 4, Pope Francis will preside over the beatification ceremony of one of his predecessors, John... read more →
https://youtu.be/016jzD58VXY By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Sep 4, 2022 / 06:20 am Pope Francis beatified John Paul I, who reigned as pope for only 33 days, amid a thunderstorm in St.... read more →
Statement from Bishop Robert Brom regarding the 2nd class relic (below): This crucifix together with the miraculous medal and safety pin were given to... read more →
Large Portion of the Cassock Worn to the... read more →