Apostolic Letters – Page 2 – Antipope John XXIII

Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Carmel, California, with pilgrims praying at the tomb of Bl. Junípero Serra under a blue sky.

Caeruleum mare (1960.02.05)

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The document, issued on 5 February 1960 under the name of Ioannes XXIII, bestows on the church of St Charles Borromeo in Carmel, in the diocese of Monterey-Fresno, the title and privileges of a Minor Basilica. It extols the “piety” of the place, recalls its historical link with the beginnings of Catholic presence in California, highlights the tomb and cult of Junípero Serra, notes the popularity of Marian devotion under the title “Our Lady of Bethlehem,” and, invoking alleged apostolic authority, decrees the perpetual validity of this act within the conciliar structure.

St. Louise de Marillac and St. Vincent de Paul kneeling in prayer before a traditional Catholic altar in a solemn church interior.

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Omnibus Mater (1960.02.10)

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The text published under the name of John XXIII as the apostolic letter “Omnibus Mater” (10 February 1960) proclaims St. Louise de Marillac as heavenly patroness of all engaged in “Christian social works,” praising her collaboration with St. Vincent de Paul and elevating her as a universal model and intercessor for modern social activity, while clothing this gesture in pious language about charity, mercy for the suffering, and ecclesial approval expressed through liturgical privileges. In reality, this seemingly harmless act is a calculated element of the conciliar revolution: a sentimental, juridically hollow maneuver instrumentalizing a saint to baptize the emerging naturalistic “social” religion that would soon be codified by the Second Vatican pseudo-council.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Valencia, Venezuela, during a traditional Catholic procession with faithful devotees praying before the Marian shrine.

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Urbi Valentiae (1960.02.12)

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Urbi Valentiae is a Latin apostolic brief of John XXIII dated 12 February 1960, in which he confers upon the cathedral church of Valencia in Venezuela, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the title and privileges of a minor basilica, praising its antiquity, Marian devotion, and artistic beauty, and decreeing the act with the full usual canonical formulae. The text is short, administrative in tone, and appears pious and traditional on the surface—yet it stands as a revealing fragment of a pseudo-pontifical regime whose Marian and liturgical language serves as a façade for a revolution against the very Church it claims to honor.

St John Bosco depicted as the patron saint of Rivadavia diocese, standing protectively against the backdrop of modernist conciliar structures.

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Expedit sane (1960.02.12)

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The brief Latin text attributed to John XXIII under the title “Expedit sane” (12 February 1960) nominally proclaims St John Bosco as principal heavenly patron of the diocese of Rivadavia, invoking his missionary zeal and spiritual protection so that the “recently erected” diocese may grow and be preserved from “widespread evils.” Under the guise of a traditional patronage decree, it cloaks the usurper’s claim to apostolic authority, presupposes the legitimacy of the conciliar revolution’s new diocesan architecture, and instrumentalizes a saint to buttress a nascent paramasonic structure parasitic upon the true Church.

Solemn signing of 'Diuturno usu' by John XXIII in a Vatican hall, highlighting the doctrinal departure from traditional Catholicism.

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Diuturno usu (1960.02.29)

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The document “Diuturno usu” of John XXIII proclaims that long-standing diplomatic practice has shown the “great advantages” of formal relations between the Apostolic See and nations, presenting such ties as instruments for peace and “true progress,” and on this basis erects an Apostolic Internunciature to the Republic of Turkey with its seat in Constantinople, granting it all privileges proper to such papal legations. It is a concise juridical text in which John XXIII, invoking “Apostolic power,” solemnly binds the Holy See into a stable framework of public friendship with a state that officially rejects the Kingship of Christ, divine law, and the rights of the Church.

Traditional Catholic priest in a Scandinavian church holding Apostolici muneris decree, symbolizing the subversion of the Faith by the conciliar revolution.

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Apostolici muneris (1960.03.01)

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The document issued under the name of John XXIII on 1 March 1960, entitled “Apostolici muneris,” decrees the erection of an Apostolic Delegation in “Scandia” with residence in Copenhagen and jurisdiction over Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. In solemn legal Latin, it claims to serve the propagation and consolidation of the Christian name and the unity with the so‑called See of Peter by means of a diplomatic-ecclesiastical structure for Northern Europe.

Archbishop of Milan in traditional robes standing in front of the Ambrosian Library with a historic manuscript.

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Religio bonaeque (1960.03.16)

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In this brief Latin rescript of 16 March 1960, John XXIII appoints the Archbishop of Milan for the time being as Patron of the Ambrosian Library (Bibliotheca Ambrosiana), praising Cardinal Federico Borromeo’s foundation as a center for religion and the fine arts, lauding its service to “Christian society and the republic of letters,” and solemnly confirming juridically that the reigning Archbishop of Milan shall perpetually hold this patronal role, with the usual clauses of validity, perpetuity, and nullity of contrary acts.
This seemingly innocuous juridical act, however, already manifests the mindset of the conciliar usurper: the reduction of the Church’s mission to cultured humanism, the exploitation of genuine Catholic heritage to legitimize a nascent counter-church, and the quiet replacement of supernatural categories with aesthetic and academic rhetoric.

Medieval church of St. Dominic in Arezzo with Gothic-Romanesque architecture and Cimabue crucifix, reflecting conciliar era usurpation.

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Praeclarissimum Ecclesiae (1960.04.07)

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The document attributed to John XXIII grants the parish church of St. Dominic in Arezzo the title and juridical privileges of a minor basilica, praising its medieval architecture, its artistic treasures (notably the crucified Christ by Cimabue), its historical connection with Innocent V, and the liturgical and vocational work of the Dominican community; in doing so, it clothes a purely aesthetic and administrative act with a counterfeit apostolic authority, manifesting the deeper usurpation whereby the conciliar revolution adorns itself with the forms of Tradition while poisoning their substance.

St. Vincent de Paul in prayer before a mission church in Madagascar, symbolizing his patronage over the diocese of Aris Delphini.

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Studio inflammatus (1960.04.07)

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Studio inflammatus is a short Latin act issued by John XXIII on 7 April 1960, in which he designates St Vincent de Paul as the principal heavenly patron of the diocese of Aris Delphini (in Madagascar), invoking Vincent’s zeal for the propagation of the Kingdom of God and granting the corresponding liturgical honors and privileges to that local church.

Basilica of the Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen with Benedictine monks praying in a dimly lit underground chapel.

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Salutiferae Crucis (1960.04.07)

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At first glance, the document known as Salutiferae Crucis (7 April 1960) is a Latin apostolic letter in which John XXIII declares the church of Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen (Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos) near Madrid to be a minor basilica. It praises the monumental cross dominating the Guadarrama mountains, extols the underground temple as a place of expiation and prayer for those fallen in the Spanish Civil War “on all sides,” and commends Francisco Franco’s role in erecting this shrine, emphasizing architectural splendour, Marian devotion, Benedictine presence, and perpetual suffrages offered for the nation. The letter concludes by granting all rights and privileges of a minor basilica to this sanctuary. Already in its premises and silences, this text exposes the new cult of a conciliar, political, sentimental Catholicism preparing to dethrone Christ the King and to replace the Church with a paramasonic civil religion of reconciliation without conversion, expiation without dogma, and liturgical splendour without doctrinal integrity.