Letters – Page 17 – Antipope John XXIII

An image depicting the University of Ferrara's inauguration ceremony led by Giovanni Cicognani for John XXIII, highlighting the tension between Catholic tradition and modern secularization.

Ex obsequii (1963.02.12)

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The letter “Ex obsequii” is a brief Latin note in which John XXIII congratulates the University of Ferrara on inaugurating its new seat, delegates Giovanni Cicognani as his representative, extols the institution’s historical pedigree and scientific mission, invokes God with a generic biblical formula, and imparts an “Apostolic Blessing” to authorities, professors, and students. Beneath its courteous academic style, this text is a distilled manifesto of naturalistic, horizontal religion: it glorifies autonomous “science,” flatters secular institutions, and silences the Kingship of Christ, the necessity of the true Faith, and the exclusive rights of the Church, thereby betraying the perennial Magisterium in favour of the conciliar cult of man.

A traditional Catholic scene of Carlo Forni's elevation to the College of Cardinals by John XXIII in a solemn Vatican ceremony.

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Epistula ad Ephraem Forni (1963.02.09)

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This Latin letter of John XXIII, issued on 9 February 1963, is a brief congratulatory note addressed to Carlo (Ephrem) Forni on the double jubilee of his priesthood and episcopate, praising his loyal diplomatic service to the Holy See (especially in Ecuador, Belgium, and Luxembourg), justifying his elevation to the “College of Cardinals,” and imparting an “apostolic blessing” while invoking divine grace upon his past and future labours.
In reality, this seemingly pious compliment encapsulates the essence of the conciliar mutation: the reduction of the Church’s supernatural mission to diplomatic careerism, bureaucratic flattery, and a counterfeit “apostolic” authority issuing from an antipope presiding over a paramasonic neo-church.

A traditional Catholic scene of antipope John XXIII presenting a letter to Archbishop Tatsuō Doi in Tokyo's grand cathedral.

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Quamvis nullum (1963.01.20)

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Quamvis nullum is a Latin congratulatory letter in which antipope John XXIII praises Tatsuō Doi, then Tokyo archbishop, on the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. In it, he extols Doi as a model prelate, emphasizes the supposed flourishing of Catholicism in Japan, rejoices in having created him a “cardinal,” and encourages the construction of a new principal church as a lasting monument of his piety, attaching a plenary indulgence to the jubilee celebration. Behind the pious verbiage lies the naked program of the conciliar sect: self-celebration of its hierarchy, naturalistic optimism, and the silent replacement of the Kingship of Christ with ecclesiastical careerism and architectural prestige.

Franciscan friars in traditional habits pray before the relics of St. Anthony of Padua in a basilica, with a banner referencing Vatican II subtly in the background.

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A A A ES – LA IOANNES PP. XXIII AD BASILIUM HEISER (1963.01.16)

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The document is a Latin letter of the antipope John XXIII to Basil Heiser, Minister General of the Conventual Franciscans, on the 700th anniversary of the translation of the relics of St. Anthony of Padua, praising Anthony’s sanctity, eloquence, charity, connection with the Fourth Lateran Council, and exhorting the Franciscan family to prayer, preaching, charity, and fidelity to the aims of the so‑called Second Vatican Council. It wraps authentic Catholic symbols and a true saint in sentimental rhetoric to sanctify the neo-church’s conciliar revolution and to bend the memory of St. Anthony into an advance guard for Vatican II’s anthropocentric, naturalistic project.

A solemn Catholic scene depicting the false Pope John XXIII and modernist bishops during the first session of Vatican II in 1963, highlighting the doctrinal betrayal and ecumenical innovations introduced by the letter "Mirabilis ille."

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Mirabilis ille (1963.01.06)

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John XXIII’s letter “Mirabilis ille,” dated January 6, 1963, is a circular addressed “to all bishops of the Catholic Church and the other Fathers of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council,” presenting the first session of Vatican II as a “wonderful” episcopal gathering, outlining the intersession work (January–September 1963), and exhorting bishops, clergy, laity, and even non-Catholic observers to collaborate spiritually, intellectually, and pastorally so that the Council might bear fruit for the Church and for the entire human family. It glorifies the conciliar process, emphasizes worldwide expectations, invites separated communities to watch with confidence, and projects Vatican II as an event ordered to peace, dialogue, and a broad, outward-facing aggiornamento of ecclesial life. In one sentence: this letter is the soft-toned but deadly ideological charter of a paramasonic, anthropocentric “council,” designed to dissolve the Catholic Church’s supernatural identity into a global, humanist project under the mask of pastoral optimism.

Cardinal Joseph Pizzardo receives a letter from John XXIII in a Vatican office, symbolizing the institutional shift away from doctrinal vigilance towards bureaucratic formalism.

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A A A LA Ioannes XXIII epistula ad Iosephum Pizzardo (1962.12.12)

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This brief Latin letter from John XXIII congratulates Joseph Pizzardo on the completion of twenty-five years as a member of the College of “cardinals,” praising his bureaucratic service in the Roman Curia, his role in so-called Catholic Action, and his governance of seminaries and universities, concluding with the bestowal of an “Apostolic Blessing.” It is a perfectly distilled emblem of the self-referential, naturalistic, human-centered apparatus that was already displacing the Catholic Church from within before the council’s catastrophe erupted in full view.

A traditional Catholic scene showing Pope John XXIII blessing Cardinal André Jullien in a solemn Vatican setting.

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Octogesimum natalem (1962.10.18)

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This brief Latin letter of John XXIII congratulates Cardinal André Jullien on his approaching eightieth birthday. John praises Jullien’s juridical expertise, service in the Roman Rota, virtues of piety and modesty, and imparts an “Apostolic Blessing,” asking God to protect and console him in this life and the next.

Portrait of Cardinal Augustin Bea in a Vatican office surrounded by conciliar documents, symbolizing the betrayal of traditional Catholic doctrine.

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Cum omne (1962.07.24)

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On July 24, 1962, the usurper John XXIII issued the Latin letter “Cum omne” to Augustin Bea, on the occasion of Bea’s fiftieth priestly anniversary. The text showers Bea with praise for his priestly ministry, exalts his role in preparing the so-called Second Vatican Council and as head of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, grants him faculties to impart blessings and indulgences connected with jubilee celebrations, and ends with a standard “apostolic” blessing. Under a thin devotional veneer, this short letter glorifies the architect of doctrinal dilution and elevates an ecumenical program that directly contradicts the integral Catholic faith, thereby exposing the spiritual decomposition operative at the heart of the conciliar revolution.

A sacred image of a Carmelite nun praying before St. Teresa of Jesus while Cardinal Cento holds the letter 'Causa praeclara,' symbolizing the misuse of St. Teresa's legacy for the Vatican II agenda.

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Causa praeclara (1962.07.16)

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This Latin letter of antipope John XXIII, addressed to Cardinal Cento as his legate to Ávila for the fourth centenary of St. Teresa of Jesus’ Carmelite reform, is a solemn panegyric of Teresa, an exhortation to the Teresian family to fidelity to contemplative life, and a pious framing of her reform as a providential flowering parallel to Trent and as spiritual support for the then-upcoming Vatican II; it culminates in the wish that the Council bring forth a “new springtime” of beauty and renewal in the Church, allegedly obtained through the prayers and penances of Teresian Carmel. In reality, this text instrumentalizes St. Teresa’s authentic Catholic mysticism to bless the conciliar revolution, masking, under an odor of incense and rhetoric, a program that subverts the very doctrine and ascetical-theological principles she defended.

A somber image of Avignon's cathedral with traditional Catholics in prayer, reflecting on the 600th anniversary of Innocent VI and Blessed Urban V, juxtaposed with a historic letter signed by John XXIII.

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Duplicis anniversariae memoriae (1962.07.11)

amdg / 2025-11-09

The text is a Latin letter of the usurper John XXIII to Joseph Urtasun, Avignon, marking the 600th anniversaries of Innocent VI’s death and Blessed Urban V’s election. It praises the Avignon popes’ personal virtues, their governance from exile, their support of learning, their efforts to restore discipline, pacify rulers, and return to Rome, and it culminates by exhorting the faithful to esteem the Roman Pontificate as supreme spiritual fatherhood and to unite in prayer for the then-upcoming Second Vatican Council as a source of spiritual renewal for the whole human family. In reality, this short composition is a carefully polished manifesto of the conciliar sect’s self-legitimization: it uses true Catholic titles and concepts to crown a counterfeit papacy and prepare the ideological stage for the most destructive pseudo-council in history.