November 2025 – Page 69 – Antipope John XXIII

A reverent depiction of John XXIII's letter 'Quod dilectum' being read to the Indian hierarchy during a traditional Latin-rite Mass.

Quod dilectum (1960.08.20)

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John XXIII’s letter “Quod dilectum,” addressed to Cardinal Gracias and the Indian hierarchy on the occasion of a five‑year episcopal meeting, congratulates the local “Church” in India for its institutional growth, its charitable works, its cooperation with the civil order, the formation of clergy and laity, and calls for unity, obedience to bishops, disciplined seminaries, an “apostolate of the laity,” and concord with the surrounding society for the temporal and spiritual good of the nation.

A solemn portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of the Seven Sorrows, set in a traditional Guatemalan church interior, reflecting both reverence and the themes of apostasy discussed in the article.

Apostolic Letters

Christiáni populi Beata Maria Virgo “Septem Dolorum” (1960.08.18)

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The document under review is an apostolic letter of the usurper John XXIII, dated 18 August 1960, in which he “confirms” and “again constitutes” the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of the Seven Sorrows (*Virgen de Dolores*) as the principal heavenly patroness of the Diocese of Sololá in Guatemala. The text praises the people’s attachment to the Sorrowful Mother, notes existing confraternities and devotions, and, invoking supposed apostolic authority, extends to this patronage the liturgical honors accorded to principal diocesan patrons, declaring all contrary dispositions null and void. Already in this apparently pious gesture one sees the smooth canonical varnish covering the deeper reality: the appropriation of true Marian devotion by the conciliar revolution in order to clothe its looming apostasy with the externals of Tradition.

St. Vincent de Paul in a solemn pose with the mission territory of Cuttack in the background, highlighting the false authority of Roncalli-John XXIII.

Apostolic Letters

Qui Servatorem (1960.07.25)

amdg / 2025-11-08

In this brief Latin document, Roncalli–John XXIII, in the form of so-called Apostolic Letters, proclaims St. Vincent de Paul as the “principal heavenly patron” of the diocese and mission of Cuttack (India), praising the local devotion to him and solemnly extending to that territory the liturgical honors due to a primary patron. The text is couched in classical curial Latin, appealing to Vincent’s charity and expressing the hope that, under his patronage, “the Catholic cause” in that region may flourish.

Saint Raphael the Archangel and Saint John Mary Vianney standing in the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, symbolizing their patronage under traditional Catholic teachings.

Apostolic Letters

Expedit sane (1960.07.25)

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Ioannes Roncalli, styling himself John XXIII, issues a brief Latin rescript in which he declares that Saint Raphael the Archangel is henceforth the principal heavenly patron and Saint John Mary Vianney the secondary patron of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, invoking the history of the local mission and the personal link of Dubuque’s first bishop with the Curé of Ars, and cloaking the act in the ordinary formulas of alleged apostolic authority, perpetuity, and canonical efficacy. This seemingly pious document, however, is one more brick in the façade of legitimacy erected by the conciliar usurper, parasitically exploiting authentic saints and pre-conciliar devotion to mask the dawning apostasy of the Church of the New Advent.

A reverent depiction of the Blessed Virgin Mary as patroness of Jujuy diocese with John XXIII signing the decree.

Apostolic Letters

Singulari studio (1960.07.01)

amdg / 2025-11-08

The text under consideration is a brief Latin decree in which John XXIII, invoking apostolic authority, proclaims the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title “of the Most Holy Rosary of Río Blanco” as principal heavenly patroness of the conciliar diocese of Jujuy, confirming to this cult all the usual liturgical rights of diocesan patrons and nullifying any contrary dispositions.

Saint Patrick as the patron of the Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria, depicted in a traditional Catholic style.

Apostolic Letters

Quemadmodum (1960.07.01)

amdg / 2025-11-08

The document “Quemadmodum” (1 July 1960), issued by the usurper John XXIII as an apostolic letter, declares Saint Patrick, bishop and confessor, heavenly patron of the Diocese of Ibadan (Nigeria), founded in 1958. In elevated yet formulaic Latin, it appeals to the venerable custom of entrusting dioceses to celestial patrons for protection, edification, and growth in Christian virtue, and then proceeds, with the supposed plenitude of “apostolic” power, to constitute Saint Patrick as patron, granting the usual liturgical rights and privileges.

Behind this apparently pious act stands the same revolutionary authority that convoked the conciliar upheaval, and thus even such a short text functions as another brick in the construction of the neo-church: the name of an authentic saint is instrumentalized to legitimize a counterfeit hierarchy and an emerging new religion.

A reverent image of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Ponte in Sorocaba, Brazil, with a traditional statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at its center. Faithful kneel in prayer, reflecting both devotion and sorrow over the usurpation of Marian titles by the conciliar intruder.

Apostolic Letters

Praecipuo pietatis (1960.07.01)

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This brief Latin document, issued by John XXIII in 1960, declares that the image and title of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the name “Nossa Senhora da Ponte” venerated in Sorocaba (Brazil) is to be the “principal heavenly Patroness” of the Sorocaba diocese and episcopal city, granting her all liturgical honors proper to a primary local Patron. It justifies this act by appealing to Marian devotion among clergy and people and by the recommendation of the local hierarchy and papal diplomat, and it ends with the usual absolutist formula seeking to guarantee perpetual validity of the decree. In reality, this seemingly pious text is a juridical-stylistic façade masking the deeper usurpation of Marian titles, ecclesiastical authority, and cult by a conciliar intruder, instrumentalizing Our Lady in service of the emerging neo-church.

A reverent image of the Cathedral of Cesena, Italy, with a priest praying at the baptismal font of Pius VI and Pius VII. A copy of the Merito praedicatur document is displayed on a wooden lectern.

Apostolic Letters

Merito praedicatur (1960.07.01)

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The Latin text ascribed to John XXIII confers upon the cathedral church of Cesena the title and privileges of a “minor basilica,” rehearsing its historical and artistic merits, the baptisms of Pius VI and Pius VII in its font, and invoking routine juridical formulae to declare the elevation valid and perpetual. The entire document is a seemingly benign act of ecclesiastical patronage—but precisely in its apparent harmlessness, formalism, and historical flattery, it manifests the juridical imposture and spiritual void of the conciliar revolution already unfolding under the sign of John XXIII.

A solemn depiction of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, reflecting historic Catholic piety and tradition.

Apostolic Letters

Catholica Polonia (1960.05.20)

amdg / 2025-11-08

The document attributed to John XXIII under the title “Catholica Polonia” (20 May 1960) is a brief Latin decree by which he “elevates” the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz to the rank of a Minor Basilica, rehearsing the Catholic history of Poland, the antiquity and beauty of the church, its Marian dedication, its canonical chapter, and its connections with figures such as Vincent Kadłubek, Ceslaus, and Achilles Ratti (later Pius XI). It concludes by solemnly granting the title and privileges of a Minor Basilica to this cathedral. In reality, this seemingly pious act is a juridically empty gesture issued by an intruder, used to cloak the conciliar revolution with the borrowed prestige of an authentically Catholic past.

Sedevacantist Catholic bishop holding 'Quemadmodum Apostolici' letter in a ruined mission church in Madagascar.

Apostolic Letters

QUEMADMODUM APOSTOLICI (1960.05.03)

amdg / 2025-11-08

The document “Quemadmodum Apostolici” of 3 May 1960, issued by John XXIII as an apostolic letter, erects a new Apostolic Delegation for the territories of Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius, with its seat in Tananarive, granting it the usual faculties, privileges, and indults proper to such delegations, and declaring all contrary dispositions null and void.