Two pope-aholics (yours truly and Fr. Richard Kunst) with Pope Leo XIV. How nice of him to visit Minneapolis for the exhibit!
Rare Treasures of the Papal Household | Fr. Richard Kunst
Returning once again to the show is Fr. Richard Kunst, curator of the largest private collection of papal artifacts anywhere in the world outside of Rome. We talk all about his huge exhibit at the Mall of America, a signed baseball from Pope Francis getting stolen, and a surprising meeting with some lifelong friends of Pope Leo XIV.
A relic of Pope St. Deusdedit I (pope from 615-618 AD), enclosed in an exquisitely carved reliquary that dates to the 1600s.
The personal straight razor of Pope St. Pius X (pope from 1903-1914), handmade in New York City
2010 A.D.
As an added bonus, Today in Papal History marked the occasion, sixteen years ago, that Pope Benedict XVI spoke on St. Albert the Great, mentor to St. Thomas Aquinas, in his Wednesday General Audience:
Here is a link to The Popecast! Thank you, Matthew Sewell!
Above all, St Albert shows that there is no opposition between faith and science, despite certain episodes of misunderstanding that have been recorded in history. A man of faith and prayer, as was St Albert the Great, can serenely foster the study of the natural sciences and progress in knowledge of the micro- and macrocosm, discovering the laws proper to the subject, since all this contributes to fostering thirst for and love of God. The Bible speaks to us of creation as of the first language through which God who is supreme intelligence, who is the Logos reveals to us something of himself.
St. Albert the Great, pray for us!
