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 →
A word of gratitude to the Nat'l Catholic Register for their very extensive article on the Papal Artifacts. And Father Kunst was interviewed by Ave Maria Press as... 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... 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 →
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 →
Here is Father’s Commentary We have talked about Pope Julius II having Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel. His... read more →
From 1941 to 1945 Nazi Germany and its collaborators committed the systematic murder of over six million Jews. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was Nazi Germany’s “Final... read more →
The featured image is a photograph signed by the new Cardinal Borgoglio. He is... read more →
At this Mass, hundreds of Eucharistic ministers distributed communion to the people attending. Umbrellas directed... read more →
January 25, 1959: Pope John XXIII Stuns the World with the Announcement of the Second Vatican Council Scheduled to Commence in... read more →
In January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States gave... 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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
In 2001, Father Kunst and his father went to northern Italy, to an area called Belluno, where Pope John Paul I lived.... read more →
This is such a neat story, we thought we'd re-post it! October 2017 Papal Artifacts is happy to announce that several artifacts belonging to this Collection have been... 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 →
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HOUSTON, Texas - Reeling from the loss of a second child, Stephanie Regitz and husband Matt stopped to consider their family’s future. “Are we going to... read more →
This silver reliquary belonged to Pope Gregory XVI and is from the tenth year of his pontificate. On one side is the image of Saints Peter and Paul 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 →
Beatification of Cardinal Wyszynski: June 7, 2020 Late Polish Primate Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski will be beatified on June 7, 2020 in a ceremony held... read more →
A Commentary on the Unique Elevation of Angelo Roncalli to the Cardinalate Father Richard... read more →
The item presented here is from Bishop (now Cardinal) Dziwisz, secretary to Pope John Paul II, during the visit in... read more →
The artifact is an apostolic blessing on parchment, signed by Pope Gregory XVI, upon the marriage of... read more →