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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 artifact is a hand-carved wooden reliquary from the 1600's, and it contains a substantial relic of St.... 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 →
This is a postcard dated October 18, 1903, that was sent to Pius XII’s relative, Ernesto Pacelli. At the time he was a fairly young priest.... read more →
This is a swathe of cloth from a stocking belonging to John Paul I when he was Cardinal Albino Luciani. He was the Pope for thirty-three... read more →
On this anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, we direct your attention to these historical items for purchase from Papal Artifacts. To have a signature of... read more →
These seven rosaries were all gifts to Father Richard Kunst from Pope John Paul II. The Holy Father directly gave all but one... read more →
When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one... read more →
Pope Francis today authorized the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints to promulgate the decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I, thereby opening the door... read more →
History Won’t Forget the Canonization of Pope Paul VI This has been a very good year for people... 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 →
George Weigel, in Witness to Hope, sights Pope John Paul’s conviction that God’s action in history has sanctified time. For Christians, time is no mere chronology; time is the dramatic arena... read more →
The artifact featured here is a medal from the sixteenth year of his pontificate and was meant to... read more →
The quote in the you tube are the words of the soon to... read more →
NOTE: The statue in the US... read more →
In front of St. Peter’s Basilica, there are... 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 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 and second class relics,... read more →
About the Featured Image One of the many hats Fr. Kunst wears is his participation in a series called, Theology Uncapped, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing people... read more →
Father Richard Kunst has formed a friendship with the family of Pope John Paul I and in particular, his niece, Pia Luciani. He has received... read more →
Edgbaston, July 4, 1852. About Blessed John Henry Newman: God has created... read more →
These ciboria were used at the Mass in Washington D.C. celebrated by Pope John Paul II on October 7, 1979. They contain an... read more →
Father Richard Kunst Why This Feast Is So Important, Personally & Generally! October 7 is the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, which is an important... read more →
On this date in 1969 then Bishop Fulton Sheen resigned as Bishop of Rochester. As he said, “I am not retiring, only retreading.” Pope (Saint) Paul VI named... read more →
This document is addressed... read more →
This was actually written while Pius II was a cardinal. And so his first name... read more →
On October 6, 1979 Blessed John Paul II became the first Pope to... read more →