Speeches – Page 11 – Antipope John XXIII

Catholic bishop delivering an allocution to international scholars in Rome, 1959.

Allocutio Ioannis XXIII (1959.04.07) Ciceronian Humanism Against the Kingship of Christ

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The text is a brief allocution by John XXIII to participants of an international Ciceronian congress in Rome (April 7, 1959). He courteously praises their dedication to Cicero and classical Latin, deplores the neglect of such studies in a technocratic age, extols ancient wisdom as a noble preparation for higher things, and cites Augustine’s praise of Cicero’s “Hortensius” as an example of moral elevation through classical reading. He concludes with paternal good wishes.

A realistic depiction of Pope John XXIII addressing delegates of the Federation of Catholic Universities in 1959.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Universitates Catholicas (1959.04.01)

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John XXIII’s 1 April 1959 allocution to the leaders and delegates of the Federation of Catholic Universities is a brief address that: warmly flatters their academic mission; praises their international coordination as a force for “truth” in civil society; urges them to combat materialism; insists on the search for unity of knowledge grounded in philosophy, theology, and in Christ; and explicitly links their work to his project of convening an “ecumenical council,” presented as a spectacle of unity meant to invite “separated brethren” back to the fold under the primacy of Peter. In other words, beneath its pious citations and Augustinian ornaments, this text is the programmatic sketch of a new, diplomatic, humanistic religion in which universities and a coming council become instruments for restructuring doctrine under the banner of irenic “unity,” preparatory to the conciliar revolution that would enthrone man in place of Christ the King.

A traditional Catholic depiction of John XXIII delivering an allocution in the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1959, highlighting the themes of academic prestige and theological drift.

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Allocutio ad Gregorianam: Manifesto of the Conciliar Intellectual Revolution (1959.01.18)

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On 18 January 1959, in the Great Hall of the Pontifical Gregorian University, John XXIII delivered an allocution praising the institution as a privileged center of ecclesiastical science, exalting its title “Pontifical University Gregorian,” extolling its universality, its historical roots in Gregory XIII and the Jesuits, and its role in forming heralds of Christ’s kingdom adapted to the needs of the time. He weaves together Petrine symbolism, academic expansion, international composition, post‑Tridentine glory, and modern pastoral optimism to confirm and bless the Gregorian’s mission as a premier organ of Roman teaching authority.

Pope John XXIII delivering his secret consistory allocution in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on December 15, 1958.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII Inaugurating the Conciliar Oligarchy (1958.12.15)

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John XXIII’s “secret consistory” allocution of December 15, 1958, outwardly presents itself as a pious, ceremonial address: gratitude for congratulations on his “election,” sentimental references to the “universal Christian community,” mention of persecutions in China, an expression of sorrow for illicit consecrations, and, most substantially, the creation of twenty-three new “cardinals,” including Giovanni Battista Montini and other future protagonists of the conciliar revolution. Behind this ornate facade stands the programmatic consolidation of a new regime: a sentimental humanistic papacy that instrumentalizes genuine sufferings (China) while carefully preparing the structural apparatus that will soon overthrow in practice the social Kingship of Christ, doctrine, worship, and discipline defined infallibly before 1958.

A reverent scene inside the Lateran Basilica depicting clerics and laity gathered for a solemn synod meeting.

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Chirographum quo prima Romanae Dioecesis Synodus indicitur (1960.01.16)

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The brief Latin chirograph of John XXIII (16 January 1960) announces the convocation of the “First Synod” of the Diocese of Rome, to be held in the Lateran Basilica on 24 January 1960. It invokes the Holy Ghost, appeals to the example of the Eternal City, and sets three aims: that Catholic faith “revive more and more,” that Christian morals take “salutary growth,” and that the discipline of clergy and people be adapted and strengthened in response to “the needs of our age,” all under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Salus Populi Romani” and the Roman patron saints, to be held “by Our authority.”

A traditional Catholic scene depicting John XXIII addressing the Filipino people during the 1959 missionary year, highlighting the subtle subversion of missionary language.

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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Philippinarum Insulas (1959.12.06)

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The text is a short Latin address of John XXIII to the hierarchy and faithful of the Philippine islands on the occasion of a “missionary year,” praising their zeal, exalting the spread of the “Kingdom of Christ” through missionary initiatives, commending the collaboration of clergy and laity, and imparting a blessing under the patronage of Our Lady of the Rosary, with emphasis on generosity for missions and the universal scope of the “Catholic religion.” The entire allocution, though clothed in traditional vocabulary, already reveals the programmatic redirection of apostolic mission toward sentimental activism and proto-conciliar humanism that would shortly blossom into the conciliar revolution.

A solemn gathering of Marian Congregations in Novara, Italy, 1959, reflecting traditional Catholic piety and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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LA IOANNES PP. XXIII NUNTIUS RADIOPHONICUS (1959.08.20)

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John XXIII’s 1959 radio message to the Marian Congregations gathered in Novara is a brief, ornate exhortation that praises their zeal, presents them as a disciplined “pious militia” within the Church, urges total Marian consecration, and reads the contemporary age as specially “Marian,” calling them to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin and to adapt their lay apostolate, in organized fashion, to the circumstances of modern times. Behind this seemingly pious rhetoric stands the proto-program of the conciliar revolution: the instrumentalization of Marian devotion to prepare a laicized, anthropocentric apostolate, detached from the integral doctrine of Christ the King and subordinated to the soon-to-emerge neo-church of Vatican II.

A solemn Catholic scene depicting Pope St. Pius X in a traditional chapel with devout faithful praying in the background.

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Veni Creator Spiritus (1959.05.17)

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On May 17, 1959, during Pentecost, John XXIII delivered a brief radio message concluding a pan-European broadcast of the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus, sung in seven major churches and commented on by local prelates. The text evokes the Cenacle, compares the radio event to the multinational wonder of Acts 2, praises a “new song” of charity, unity, peace and victory, and ends with a Trinitarian profession and blessing.

A group of bishops, clergy, and laity praying the rosary in a traditional Catholic church with a statue of the Virgin Mary.

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A A A La Ioannes PP. XXIII Nuntius Radiophonicus (1959.04.27)

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This radiophonic message of John XXIII (27 April 1959) urges bishops, clergy, religious, and laity to intensify Marian prayers during May for the success of the announced “ecumenical council,” invoking Mary as intercessor, highlighting her presence at Pentecost, and presenting widespread supplications as the privileged means to obtain divine assistance for this undertaking. The entire text, while externally clothed in traditional Marian vocabulary, functions as a pious-smelling curtain concealing and preparing the greatest subversion of the Catholic Church in history: the conciliar revolution against the Kingship of Christ and against the unchangeable faith.

A traditional Catholic bishop addressing Japanese Catholics in front of a Japanese temple, symbolizing the need for conversion and the exclusive truth of the Catholic Faith.

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A A A LA IOANNES PP. XXIII NUNTIUS RADIOPHONICUS… (1959.02.16)

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On 16 February 1959, a few months after his usurpation of the Apostolic See, John XXIII delivered a brief Latin radio message to the Catholics of Japan to mark the inauguration of Japanese-language broadcasts from Vatican Radio. He greets the hierarchy and faithful, praises Japanese cultural virtues—ancient refinement, strength, patient endurance, artistic brilliance—and exhorts Catholics to let their faith shine through mildness and moral uprightness. He assures them of his prayers through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, invoking Christ as “O Oriens, splendor of eternal light and sun of justice,” that the Japanese may be enlightened and enabled to embrace the riches of the Gospel and be preserved from evils, granted prosperity and blessings in time and eternity. This apparently pious address, however, is an early and symptomatic manifesto of the horizontal, humanistic, and irenic religion that will soon explode in the conciliar revolution, subtly replacing the militant, exclusive Kingship of Christ with a saccharine naturalism and vague benevolence.