A Very Happy New Year from Papal Artifacts! We hope the information we have shared with you in 2018... read more →
The Featured Image: The Chasuble Worn by Pope John Paul II at the Closing Ceremony of World Youth Day Denver 1993 & Commentary by... read more →
2018 is the 100th anniversary of the close of WW I. Papal Artifacts acknowledges the Pope who reigned during its entirety. Pope Benedict XV, the most... 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 →
Christmas Details You Might Not Know Thanks to archeology, advanced scriptural scholarship and a better sense of non-biblical... read more →
Much of Christmas Holds Religious Symbolism It’s the most wonderful time of the year when everyone seems a bit happier. With more spring in our steps and more... read more →
A Profound Meditation on Advent, Waiting & Sickness by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
A Very Personal Advent of One’s Own Joseph Ratzinger... read more →
The message Pope Francis chose for this Christmas holy card is from the Gospel of... read more →
Security is understandably a key concern in the pastoral visits of Pope Francis. There are, as the tragedy in Paris demonstrated, zealots ready and willing... read more →
In a time when trains were just becoming popular, it's not hard to imagine the late Pope Pius IX traveling in these carriages... read more →
One of the most important film events in the Catholic Church, Mirabile Dictu International Festival, has awarded "Benedict XVI, in honor of the truth" the 'Capax Dei' prize... read more →
2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. In honor of this important centennial, Pope Francis declared... read more →
Considered to be the most forgotten pope of the 20th century, the Church has never forgotten him. Papal Artifacts honors him. This portrait of Pope Benedict XV is in... read more →
November 21: Anniversary of the Birth of Giacomo della Chiesa, Pope Benedict XV, With a Commentary by... read more →
I'd like to invite you to peruse the page, Relics, which can readily be found on the Home... read more →
The following article in the on-line publication, Crux/Taking the Catholic Pulse praises the efforts of St. John Paul II in his efforts to promote world peace. [caption id="attachment_35395"... read more →
On June 26th, 1967, Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) appointed Archbishop Karol... read more →
It is with great joy we celebrate the November 9th announcement from Pope Francis to declare Pope John Paul I, Venerable, It marks the first major step toward sainthood for the... read more →
A preeminent authority on the Catholic Church and papal biographer describes what he learned from chronicling the life of Pope John Paul II In Lessons in Hope,... 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 →
You wouldn’t have the largest collection of papal artifacts, outside of the Vatican, and not have an immense knowledge of all things papal. We invite you to bring your... read more →
Purgatory: Fiery Furnace or Heaven’s Waiting Room? I am a news-aholic. It is not uncommon for me to turn the radio on at the top of the hour... read more →
The Papal Artifacts Collection is replete with items spanning over a thousand years. Here is a unique altar item from another era: a Missal Page Turner from the pontificate... read more →
Father Richard Kunst: Venerating Relics Is an Age-Old Church Practice One of... read more →
Henri Tincq, the author of the French publication, Saint John Paul II, A Man of God, was a close friend and confidant of Pope John Paul II. He... read more →
You wouldn’t have the largest collection of papal artifacts, outside of the Vatican, and not have an immense knowledge of all things papal. We invite you to bring your... read more →
God Manifests Himself in the Office of Pope Why Do We Have a Pope? We Catholics are the only... read more →
Sunday, October 22, 1978. St.Peter's Square. During the Homily in the Mass for the beginning of the pontificate, Pope John Paul II said...... read more →
If you were to list the top three objections non-Catholics have to the Catholic faith, no doubt the Virgin Mary would... read more →
It's part of history. Cardinal Wojtyła's car broke down as he made his way to Rome for the Conclave. He was the last to arrive. By the... read more →