November 2025 – Page 39 – Antipope John XXIII

A reverent image of the Cathedral of Trani, a minor basilica, with its Romanesque-Apulian architecture and the tomb of Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim. A sedevacantist Catholic priest prays before the tomb while devout Catholics kneel in prayer.

Monumentum pietatis (1960.04.29)

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The document attributed to John XXIII, under the title “Monumentum pietatis,” is a brief act granting the Cathedral of Trani the title and juridical status of a minor basilica. It extols the historical, artistic, and devotional significance of the temple—particularly its architecture and the cult of Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim—and then, invoking “Apostolic” authority, formally elevates the cathedral, attaching to it the rights and privileges traditionally belonging to minor basilicas.

Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr, Saint George, Martyr, and Saint Bernard, Abbot depicted together in traditional Catholic attire before a historic cathedral.

Apostolic Letters

Beati Caelites (1960.04.28)

amdg / 2025-11-10

Beati Caelites is a brief Latin act of John XXIII by which he “confirms or again constitutes and declares” Saint Lawrence the Martyr and Saint Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr, as principal patrons, and Saint George, Martyr, as secondary patron of the diocese of Culm (Chełmno), while declaring Saint Bernard, Abbot, as principal patron of Pelplin, the episcopal city of the same diocese, attaching to these choices the liturgical honors and privileges proper to principal and secondary patrons.

A traditional Catholic chapel with St. John Bosco's statue surrounded by young apprentices in prayer, reflecting the grave concerns about the shift from supernatural to anthropocentric values in Catholic doctrine.

Apostolic Letters

Peculiare studium (1960.04.22)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The document “Peculiare studium” (22 April 1960), issued by John XXIII as an apostolic letter, proclaims John Bosco “heavenly patron” of all Spanish “young apprentices” (Jóvenes Aprendices Españoles). Under a pious pretext—concern for working youth amid moral dangers—it clothes a socio-pedagogical program with religious language, proposes Don Bosco as emblematic model, and juridically extends his patronage with liturgical privileges to a mass category defined primarily by labor status rather than supernatural criteria. In reality, this brief text exemplifies the shift from the reign of Christ and the integral mission of the Church to a sentimental, horizontal, anthropocentric cult of “youth,” preparing the ideological terrain of the conciliar revolution.

St. Vincent de Paul preaching to African faithful in Madagascar with the cathedral of Arcs of the Dolphin in the background

Apostolic Letters

Studio inflammatus (1960.04.07)

amdg / 2025-11-10

This short Latin document from John XXIII proclaims St. Vincent de Paul as the principal heavenly patron of the Diocese of Arcs of the Dolphin (Arcis Delphini) in Madagascar, rehearsing in devotional terms Vincent’s zeal for propagating the Kingdom of God, invoking his role in evangelization, and, by alleged “apostolic authority,” extending to that diocese the liturgical rights and privileges proper to a principal patron, with the usual canonical clauses of validity and nullity. It is precisely in this apparently pious and harmless act that the juridical and ecclesiological imposture of the conciliar usurpers reveals itself most clearly: a counterfeit “apostolic” authority, severed from the integral faith, presumes to legislate in the name of Christ and the saints while objectively waging war against the very doctrinal order that made those saints possible.

Interior view of the historic church of St. Dominic in Arezzo, Italy, showcasing its medieval architecture and sacred art, including a Cimabue crucifix.

Apostolic Letters

Praeclarissimum (1960.04.07)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The document attributed to John XXIII celebrates the thirteenth-century parish church of St Dominic in Arezzo for its architecture, artistic treasures (notably the crucifix by Cimabue), historical associations with the Dominican Order, and its liturgical life; on this basis, it grants the title and juridical privileges of a Minor Basilica, invoking the alleged plenitude of apostolic power and declaring the act firm, valid, and perpetually binding. This seemingly pious decree is in fact a revealing fragment of the new cult of aesthetics and institutional self-affirmation by which the conciliar revolution cloaked its usurpation of authority and its silent apostasy from the Kingship of Christ.

A Catholic bishop kneeling in prayer before a statue of St. Joseph with the Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary in a reverent chapel.

Apostolic Letters

Beatus Ioseph (1960.04.07)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The document attributed to John XXIII briefly confirms St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Confessor, as the principal heavenly Patron of the Diocese of Cúcuta. It invokes Joseph’s guardianship of the Divine Infant and Our Lady, notes the petition of Bishop Paulus Correa León and his clergy and flock, and, by alleged “apostolic authority,” confirms and declares St Joseph as patron with corresponding liturgical honors, nullifying any contrary provisions.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Martini in the historic Biblioteca Ambrosiana surrounded by ancient manuscripts and sacred books, with faint images of St. Ambrose and St. Charles Borromeo in the background.

Apostolic Letters

Religio bonaeque (1960.03.16)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The document issued by the usurper John XXIII under the title Religio bonaeque is a brief Latin act by which he designates the Archbishop of Milan pro tempore as perpetual Patron of the Ambrosian Library. It praises Cardinal Federico Borromeo’s foundation of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, celebrates the Church’s support for letters and the arts, recalls that the Holy See has always favoured this institution, cites Paul V’s dispositions about episcopal oversight, and then confers in sweeping juridical language the formal patronage on whoever holds the Ambrosian See, with the usual clauses of perpetuity, validity, and nullity of contrary acts.

A Catholic bishop in traditional attire holding a document titled Apostolici muneris in a reverent study with a Nordic landscape outside.

Apostolic Letters

Apostolici muneris (1960.03.01)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The document attributed to John XXIII, entitled Apostolici muneris (1 March 1960), decrees the erection of an Apostolic Delegation in “Scandia” with jurisdiction over Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland, seated in Copenhagen. It presents this act as a pastoral instrument of Roman primatial solicitude, intended to strengthen and expand “the Christian name” and “true religion” in territories separated from the Chair of Peter.

John XXIII standing solemnly before Hagia Sophia, symbolizing the subjugation of the Apostolic See to an anti-Christian regime in 1960.

Apostolic Letters

Diuturno usu (1960.02.29)

amdg / 2025-11-10

John XXIII’s apostolic letter “Diuturno usu” (29 February 1960) establishes an Apostolic Internunciature in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Constantinople, in order to formalize “public relations” of friendship between the Apostolic See and the Turkish state, assigning to this diplomatic mission all the privileges proper to pontifical legations and declaring the act perpetually valid.

A solemn depiction of the historic cathedral of Valencia in Venezuela being elevated to a minor basilica, emphasizing traditional Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Succour.

Apostolic Letters

Urbi Valentiae (1960.02.12)

amdg / 2025-11-10

The Latin text attributed to John XXIII announces that the cathedral church of Valencia in Venezuela, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Succour, is elevated to the title and rank of a minor basilica. It praises the temple’s antiquity (built circa 1580), architectural dignity, Marian devotion—especially the crowned image of Our Lady of Succour crowned in 1910 with the authorization of Pope Pius X—and, at the request of Bishop Gregorio Adam, grants the juridical status and privileges customarily attached to minor basilicas, with the usual juridical formulae ensuring validity and perpetuity of the act.