http://www.papalartifacts.com/ Artifacts from different popes. Papal history. 2012 PapalArtifacts.com. All rights reserved. http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/182 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/182 The face of the modern Church took shape under Leo XIII. He expanded the role of nuncios, giving them precedence over local bishops. He exercised tight control over bishops’ conferences. Most importantly he came to be seen as the chief teacher of Ca... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/182">read more »</a> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:34:23 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/181 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/181 Papal Artifacts is the Collection of Father Richard Kunst of the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. You may view an EWTN interview with Father Kunst on the Home Page. Further interviews with him are forthcoming and more information about them will be given in ... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/181">read more »</a> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:32:30 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/180 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/180 [v=grBZIe2NOxI] Watch the EWTN Live interview with Father Richard Kunst which aired on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/180">read more »</a> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:30:12 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/178 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/178 Papal Artifacts honors the elevation to the cardinalate of Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York. They were named to the February  consistory by Pope Benedict XVI in January and are two... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/178">read more »</a> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:33:15 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/177 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/177 Papal Artifacts is the Collection of Father Richard Kunst of the Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota. You may view an EWTN interview with Father Kunst on the Home Page. Further interviews with him are forthcoming and more information about them will be given in ... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/177">read more »</a> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:58:33 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/176 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/176 The artifact presented here is an original photo of the signing of the Lateran Treaty. It contains signatures of Benito Mussolini, signing on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel III, and Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, the Vatican Secretary of State, signing on beha... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/176">read more »</a> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:56:02 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/174 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/174 The artifact presented here is a souvenir from Pope Pius XI's era. It is a photographic image of the pope giving a blessing. Known as flipper books they are small books consisting of a series of images that give the illusion of continuous movement whe... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/174">read more »</a> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:46:00 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/168 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/168 The artifact displayed here is a letter written by Don John Bosco in 1851. It is completely in his own hand and is in regard to an appointment with a benefactor of his that will take place later in the day. This is the rough translation: **I have the plea... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/168">read more »</a> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:48:30 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/166 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/166 A Note from the Expert of the Papal Artifacts’ Collection **Recently I was in Rome, giving a tour of that city when I received an email through the web site. The artifact presented here had been purchased at a flea market and the woman wanted some i... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/166">read more »</a> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:43:08 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/162 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/162 Thomas Merton was born in Prades, France, to artists Ruth and Owen Merton. His early years were spent in the south of France; later, he went to private school in England and then to Cambridge. Both of his parents were deceased by the time Merton was a you... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/162">read more »</a> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:07:29 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/159 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/159 Antonio Ghislieri, born in 1504, was a shepherd for his family before entering a Dominican monastery at the age of fourteen. He was ordained in 1528 and taught theology and philosphy before being appointed an inquisitor of the Church. He was uncommonly de... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/159">read more »</a> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:54:06 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/157 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/157 Merry Christmas! During the month of December, Papal Artifacts will feature greetings from four different (future) popes as well as information about Cardinal Pietro Gasparri who was instrumental in the work of the Lateran Treaty. There are also several n... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/157">read more »</a> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:58:19 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/156 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/156 On Christmas day in 1559, the congenial Giovanni Angelo Medici managed to break the deadlock in a contentious conclave and become Pope Pius IV. Born in Milan on March 31, 1499, the new pope came from neither wealth nor nobility even though he bore the na... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/156">read more »</a> Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:53:49 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/153 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/153 Pietro Gasparri (1852–1934) was an Italian cardinal who taught canon law at the Catholic Institute in Paris (1879–98) and was apostolic delegate thereafter in South America. After his return he was asked by Pope Pius X to direct the great codi... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/153">read more »</a> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:46:36 CST http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/150 http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/150 In 2001 Father Kunst and his father went to northern Italy, to an area called Belluno, where Pope John Paul I lived. They visited his family, in particular his niece, Pia Luciani, and his brother Eduardo, and his sister-in-law. They spent the day with the... <a href="http://www.papalartifacts.com/post/150">read more »</a> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:01:51 CST