Motu Proprio – Page 3 – Antipope John XXIII

Cardinals in traditional robes during a solemn papal election in the Sistine Chapel, reflecting the tension between tradition and modernist subversion.

Summi Pontificis electio (1962.09.05)

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The document “Summi Pontificis electio,” issued by John XXIII on 5 September 1962, purports to modify and supplement the norms established by Pius XII’s apostolic constitution “Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis” (1945) concerning procedures during a papal interregnum and the election of a Roman Pontiff: it reiterates secrecy obligations, regulates images and recordings of a deceased pontiff, details funeral and burial discipline, clarifies the powers of the Camerlengo, refines conclave logistics, the role and oath of conclavists and officials, and confirms the two-thirds requirement for a valid election while adding bureaucratic provisions on documentation and communication control.
In reality, this text is a juridical mask: it preserves external ceremonial while preparing the apparatus by which a usurping, modernist structure secures and hides its own succession, weaponizing secrecy and legalism to enthrone an authority that no longer serves Christ the King but the conciliar revolution.

A solemn assembly of bishops and prelates in a traditional Catholic church, with Ioannes Roncalli (John XXIII) at the center discussing the 1962 motu proprio 'Appropinquante Concilio'.

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Appropinquante Concilio (1962.08.06)

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Ioannes Roncalli, known as John XXIII, in this motu proprio “Appropinquante Concilio” of 6 August 1962, lays down the juridical and procedural norms for the forthcoming Second Vatican Council: he exults over the “admirable spectacle” of a worldwide episcopate gathering around him, invokes an undefined hope of “fruits” for the Church and the world, and then promulgates a meticulously bureaucratic “Ordo” regulating participants, commissions, observers, voting procedures, secrecy, languages, dress, and ceremonies. The entire text enthrones a humanly fabricated council-assembly around a modernist usurper as the operative center of doctrine, discipline, and “renewal,” while studiously omitting any clear affirmation of the immutable, exclusive sovereignty of Christ the King, the necessity of condemning errors, and the obligation to defend the faith against the very principles this council was convened to embrace; this is not preparation for a Catholic council, but the constitutional charter of a conciliar revolution.

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Cum gravissima (1962.04.15)

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The text issued under the name of John XXIII as Motu Proprio “Cum gravissima” (15 April 1962) declares that, given the “most serious” duties of the College of Cardinals, all members of this body—already styled as the “Senate of the Roman Pontiff” and principal counsellors in governing the Church—are henceforth to be elevated to episcopal dignity, so that every Cardinal (with narrow technical exceptions) becomes a bishop and Cardinal Deacons are empowered to pontificate in their titular churches. In sober juridical Latin, the document presents this as a fitting completion of previous adjustments to the College’s composition and rights, all purportedly to enhance its spiritual character and service to the Holy See.

A reverent depiction of Cardinal-Bishops and residential bishops in Rome's suburbicarian dioceses, highlighting the loss of traditional authority to bureaucratic centralization.

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Suburbicarian Dioceses as Laboratory of Conciliar Power Usurpation (1962.04.11)

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The Motu Proprio of John XXIII dated 11 April 1962 on the governance of the suburbicarian dioceses formally restructures the relationship between the suburbicarian sees, their Cardinal-Bishops, and the local ordinaries: it deprives the Cardinals of ordinary jurisdiction over these dioceses, reserves their role to an honorary “episcopal order with suburbicarian title,” and entrusts real jurisdiction to residential bishops appointed directly by the Roman Pontiff, integrating these dioceses into a conference structure aligned with Rome. Behind solemn references to tradition, martyrs, and the historical dignity of the suburbicarian churches, the document consolidates power in the hands of the conciliar project and reduces sacred offices to functional instruments of a new ecclesiastical regime.

A solemn image depicting the suppression of the canonical right of option for the suburbicarian dioceses by John XXIII

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Ad Suburbicarias Dioeceses (1961.03.10)

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The motu proprio “Ad Suburbicarias Dioeceses” of John XXIII suppresses the canonical right of option for the suburbicarian dioceses (CIC 1917, can. 236 §3), centralizing in his own hands (and those of his successors) the free nomination of Cardinal-Bishops to these historic sees, under the pretext of changed pastoral circumstances and demographic growth in the territories surrounding Rome. In one short page, it encapsulates juridical voluntarism, liturgical-pastoral pretexts, and a quiet demolition of ecclesial symbolism, revealing a mentality not of guardianship but of managerial occupation of what belongs to the Church of all ages.

Traditional Catholic church interior with a portable altar surrounded by clerics from the 1958 conclave, reflecting spiritual privilege and institutional favoritism.

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Divini Pastoris (1958.11.12)

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This brief Latin text, issued as motu proprio “Divini Pastoris” by John XXIII on 12 November 1958, grants to specific prelates and clerics who served in the recent conclave: (1) the privilege of a portable altar according to canon 822 §3 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, with some restrictions; and (2) a one-time free reception of apostolic letters and provisions for any benefices granted to them. The entire document is framed as an act of paternal benevolence toward conclave officials and attendants, rewarding their service with spiritual and legal favors.