The Papal Minutes with Father Richard Kunst & Real Presence Radio

We invite you to peruse the Media section of Papal Artifacts which is filled with vignettes lasting from a minute to a few minutes depending on which one you access.

Father Kunst plans on expanding these minutes to include 50 different minutes with different popes, so stay tuned!

Real Presence Radio hosted “The Papal Minutes” —   little known facts about the popes–with Fr. Kunst.  We think you’ll enjoy them.

1.  Cardinal Konig Tells Cardinal Wojtyla His Name Will Be John Paul II in the 2nd 1978 Conclave

3.  Urban Legends & Alexander VI

4.  Pope Julius II & Plans for His Tomb

5.  Obedience & Cardinal Orsini Becomes Pope Benedict XIII

6.  Anti Popes, Conclaves & Alexander III

7.  Pope Martin V, The Great Schism & the Origin of His Name

8.  Papal Elections & Pope St. Fabian

9.  Adopting a New Name When Becoming Pope

10.  The Youngest & Oldest Popes

11.The Attempted Assassination of  Pope John Paul & His Pope Mobile

12. Pope John Paul’s  Rare Blood Type Becomes a First Class Relic

13.  Leo XIII: The “Eternal Father” Dies at 93 & After a Long Papacy

14.  Papal Elections, Secrecy & the Big Leak of 1903

15.  John Paul II Visiting His Would-Be Assassin: Granting & Seeking Forgiveness

16.  Pope Pius V & The White Cassock

17.  Pope Celestine V: Last Pope to Abdicate Before Pope Benedict XVI

18.  Opening the Holy Door during Holy Years

19.  The Gammarelli Taylor in Rome in 1963

20. Pope Benedict IX: Elected 3 Different Times

21. Origin of Adding a Small Particle of the Eucharist to Priest’s Chalice at Mass

22. Titular Churches in Rome & What That Means

23. May 12, 1981, Pope John Paul II Blesses the New Ambulance & Becomes Its First Patient

24. Bishop Karol Wojtyla at Vatican II & His Simple, Groundbreaking Gesture

25: Blessed Pope John Paul I: Prophetic Stories Involving His Name

26. Pope Boniface IV & Acquiring the Roman Pantheon

27. Bishop Karol Wojtyla Writes to Padre Pio Asking for Prayers for a Sick Woman on Nov. 17, 1962

28. Bp. Karol Wojtyla’s on the 400 Anniversary of Seminary in Krakow (May 6, 1965) & Fr. Kunst’s Favorite Quote

29. Pope Benedict XIV: The 1750 Holy Year and His Kindness

30. Pope Clement XIII”s Mother Still Alive When He Became Pope

31. Pope Gregory I, The Plague of 590 & Why Castel Sant’Angelo Is So Named

32: Pope St. Pius X: Quote While Patriarch of Venice

33. Pope Felix IV & The First Christian Structure in Rome: The Church of Cosmas & Damien