Speeches – Page 10 – Antipope John XXIII

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII (1959.12.14)

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The text is a Latin allocution of the usurper John XXIII at a secret consistory on 14 December 1959. It self-congratulates the nascent conciliar regime for pilgrimages, political visits, cultic events, and announces new members of the so‑called College of Cardinals, while preparing the ground for the Roman diocesan synod and the future “ecumenical council,” presenting these as signs of the Church’s “youthful vigor” and global openness. In reality, this speech is an early programmatic manifesto of the neo‑church: a sentimental, naturalistic, diplomatically modernist script that replaces the Kingship of Christ with humanist pacifism and lays structural foundations for the impending revolution against the integral Catholic faith.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Collegium Teutonicum (1959.10.13)

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In this allocution of 13 October 1959 to current and former members of the Teutonic College of Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome, Angelo Roncalli (John XXIII) commemorates the centenary of Pius IX’s apostolic reorganization of the institution, praises its past alumni—especially ecclesiastics who served the Church and civil society—and exhorts present and future residents to cultivate learning, virtue, piety, fraternity, and a cheerful, hospitable community life, crowned with a general blessing.

A solemn scene of John XXIII addressing the American clergy at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, emphasizing traditional Catholic principles and doctrinal clarity.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Collegium Americanum (1959.10.11)

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The allocution of John XXIII at the Pontifical North American College on 11 October 1959 marks the centenary of the College and offers praise for its history, its alumni, and the flourishing condition of the Church in the United States. He exalts Marian patronage, recalls favors of Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius XI, and Pius XII, lauds the “vigorous faith” and charitable activism of American Catholics, highlights the growth of dioceses, schools, universities, and social works, and presents the College as a privileged instrument for forming clergy in Rome for service in the United States; he concludes by announcing progress in the cause of Elizabeth Seton and by imparting his “apostolic” blessing.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Ordinem Benedictinum (1959.09.25)

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The text is a Latin allocution of John XXIII, delivered on 25 September 1959 at the Anselmianum on the Aventine, addressing the Abbot Primate and numerous abbots and members of the Benedictine Order. He warmly congratulates them, recalls the historical merits of St. Benedict and his monks in evangelizing and civilizing Europe, exhorts fidelity to “ora et labora,” extols the Divine Office as the heart of monastic life, praises their cultural, educational, missionary, and pastoral works across the world, and urges them to preserve unity while being open to “new technical inventions” and “new apostolic initiatives.” He crowns this with a moralizing citation from Thomas à Kempis and his “apostolic blessing.”

Canons Regular of Saint Augustine in prayer within a historic chapel, surrounded by religious artifacts and Gothic architecture.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Canonicos Regulares S. Augustini (1959.05.26)

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In this short allocution of 26 May 1959, John XXIII congratulates the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine on the 900th anniversary of the Lateran Synod of Nicholas II, recalls the historical reform and growth of their institute, evokes the prestigious figures of Eugene IV and Saint Lawrence Giustiniani from San Giorgio in Alga, and rejoices over the newly established federation of the four congregations, the appointment of an Apostolic-See-approved Abbot Primate, and the election of a new Abbot General. He exhorts them, in mild devotional language, to follow the rule of Saint Augustine, to love truth, unity, charity, and to be fervent in spirit.

A reverent depiction of John XXIII addressing the Ciceronian Congress in Rome, 1959, in a traditional Catholic setting.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Primum Ciceronianum Conventum (1959.04.11)

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Pietro Roncalli, already as the newly elected John XXIII, briefly greets participants of an international Ciceronian congress in Rome (April 7, 1959). He praises their dedication to classical Latin studies, cites Cicero’s humanistic encomium of letters, laments the neglect of the humanities in favour of technocratic “calculations and machines,” and extols Cicero as a precursor of higher moral culture, whose wisdom allegedly prepared the way for the Gospel and nourished saints such as Augustine. The text culminates in a pious-sounding wish that the congress members, inspired by ancient wisdom, may prefer enduring goods to vain hopes, accompanied by a perfunctory blessing.

John XXIII addressing delegates of the Federation of Catholic Universities in 1959 in a grand hall adorned with religious icons and historical Catholic symbols.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII moderatoribus Foederationis Universitatum Catholicarum (1959.04.01)

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On 1 April 1959, John XXIII addresses leaders and delegates of the Federation of Catholic Universities, flattering them as an intellectual crown of the Church, praising their global network, invoking Pius XII’s brief recognizing the Federation, urging unity of Catholic academia, warning (in measured terms) against materialism and scientific pride, calling for the search for truth grounded in philosophy and theology, and finally soliciting their collaboration—intellectual and spiritual—for the recently announced “ecumenical council,” presented as a spectacle of unity and an invitation to separated brethren to return.

Antipope John XXIII delivering an allocution at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1959, surrounded by clerics and academics in a traditional Catholic lecture hall.

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A A A La Ioannes XXIII Allocutio (1959.01.18)

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This Latin allocution of Antipope John XXIII at the Pontifical Gregorian University (18 January 1959) is a self-congratulatory eulogy of the institution as “Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana,” praising its global reach, its multiplication of disciplines, its governing role in forming clergy, and linking it to Gregory XIII, Trent, and the Jesuit educational ideal; it exalts academic expansion, institutional prestige, and the supposed continuity of Roman authority while omitting any real mention of the integral combat against heresy and Modernism that defined pre-1958 Catholicism. In reality, the text is an ideological overture: a carefully staged manifesto of a new, humanistic, academic religion that instrumentalizes the names of Trent and Gregory XIII to prepare the conciliar revolution and to neutralize the true doctrinal mission of the Church.

A somber depiction of John XXIII delivering his secret consistory allocution in 1958 within the Apostolic Palace, surrounded by new cardinals and faithful Catholics. The image captures the gravity and historical significance of the event.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII (1958.12.15)

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On 15 December 1958, John XXIII delivered a secret consistory allocution in the Apostolic Palace: he thanked civil rulers and the world for their congratulations on his election, praised the universal sympathy shown to the “pope” as a sign of the Church’s vitality, lamented persecution of Catholics in Communist China, called for fidelity to the Roman See, condemned illicit episcopal consecrations without “Apostolic mandate,” and announced the creation of 23 new “cardinals” to strengthen the Curia and global governance of the “Church.” In reality, this text is the early programmatic self-unveiling of the conciliar imposture: a sentimental, horizontal, and political manifesto which instrumentalizes genuine sufferings, empties the supernatural Primacy into diplomatic theatrics, and lays institutional foundations for the neo-church of Vatican II and its globalist, paramasonic agenda.

A reverent depiction of Angelo Roncalli addressing the Canons Regular of St Augustine in a traditional Catholic chapel.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Canonicos Regulares (1959.05.26)

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In this brief allocution of 26 May 1959, Angelo Roncalli (John XXIII) addresses the Canons Regular of St Augustine on the occasion of the federation of their four congregations, recalling Nicholas II’s confirmation of their institute, invoking the memory of St George in Alga with its “two splendid lights” Eugenius IV and St Lawrence Giustiniani, commending their Augustinian heritage, and exhorting them to unity, charity, and fervour in religious observance under their newly constituted federation and primatial abbot.