The World Day of Peace, Created by Pope Paul VI in 1968 In 1968, Pope Paul VI called on all people of the... read more →
The Featured Image The sculpture of Mary, Queen of Peace, which may be found at St. Mary Major in Rome, was the gift of Pope Benedict XV to... read more →
Rest in Peace, Holy Father Benedict XVI (1927–2022)Fr. Arturo Sosa, S.J.: Today we join with the whole Church and especially with Pope Francis in a prayer of gratitude as we... read more →
Saint Giovanni Antonio Farina, DocumentSaint Giovanni Antonio Farina, Close up About the Document: The document is a decree issued and signed by Bishop Farina honoring the Ergolo family who donated... read more →
Pope Gregory XI was the last of the Avignon popes. The artifacts presented here are two silver coins, known as bologninos. They were coins... read more →
What happens when a pope emeritus dies? Pope Benedict’s health raises questions. ROME (AP)—The Vatican has detailed rituals and procedures to follow when a pope dies, but it has not... read more →
Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez The “red martyrdom,” the March 24, 1980, assassination of St. Romero, his archbishop, and the saint’s “white martyrdom,” a campaign of... read more →
The Featured Image This item is actually both common and uncommon. It is the autographed photo of a pope. Although they are relatively common, they’re still highly sought... read more →
Holy Innocents Have New Importance in Our Times Father Richard Kunst I suppose each priest can speak for himself, but... read more →
A model of a popemobile used... read more →
Pope Offered Forgiveness ABC News October 25, 2007, 10:44 PM April 3, 2005 — -- At the heart of all Christian doctrine is the... read more →
From the Preface to the Heirs... read more →
An autograph signed as Cardinal Angelo De Medici on November 23rd, 1555. It concerns an appointment of the Church of Cassano with the... read more →
Pope Benedict’s election to the papacy occurred in September 1914, just months after the start of WW I. His seven year papacy was marked by what he referred... read more →
Did you know? On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary hiatus of the war for the celebration of Christmas. The warring countries refused to create... read more →
That Long Genealogy on Christmas Eve? It’s Worth Your Attention Hands down the most heavily attended Mass of the entire year in my experience is the vigil Mass... read more →
A 1979 Signed Letter Expressing Thanks with Pope John Paul II’s Historic Trip to Poland The following signed letter from (now Blessed) Cardinal Wyszynski to Michal Szymborski... read more →
This exquisite reliquary holds a bone fragment of Pope St. Victor I, who died in 199 A.D. Below: The holy card commemorating the ordination of Joseph Ratzinger is... read more →
An enduring friendship exists between the former Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, and the Curator of Papal Artifacts, Father Richard Kunst. In January of 2001 Schnurr was appointed bishop... read more →
The item featured here is The Pope's Peace Offering Calendar from 1916. It is in its original box and is a weekly calendar... read more →
The signed, framed photo of Pope Pius XI is an Apostolic Blessing given to the Reverend Henry Robert Langenfeld on the occasion of his ordination... 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... read more →
Note: The featured image is the actual cave of the Annunciation. The words on this altar are, “Verbum caro hic factum est.” Translated they are, [hic: this is... 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... read more →
At Christmas in 1934, when he was just seven years old, Joseph Ratzinger wrote a letter to the Baby Jesus that reads as follows: “Dear Baby Jesus, soon... read more →
There were many endearing moments recorded of our Holy Father during his 80th year, and none quite as moving as his meeting with the elderly Cardinal Ernest Simoni Troshani... read more →
Pope John Paul I was beatified September 4, 2022 In 2001, Father Kunst and his father went to... read more →
Papal Artifacts joins our Church in wishing our Holy Father, Francis,... read more →
The Christmas Novena December 16 - 24 St. Alphonsus Liguori The prayers and meditations in this Christmas Novena video were written by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787).... read more →