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John XXIII signing the 'Diuturno usu' document in a Vatican office with a view of Constantinople's architecture in the background.
Apostolic Letters

Diuturno usu (1960.02.29)

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The document “Diuturno usu,” issued by John XXIII on 29 February 1960, decrees the erection of an Apostolic Internunciature of the Holy See in the Republic of Turkey, with its seat in Constantinople, attributing to this diplomatic mission all the faculties, privileges, and indults proper to pontifical legations, in order to bind the “Apostolic See” and the Turkish Republic with public bonds of friendship “for the firm establishment of the goods of peace and the attainment of true progress.” It is a terse juridico-diplomatic act whose entire theological content, where it appears at all, is subordinated to the ideology of secular “peace,” mutual recognition, and parity between the one true Church of Christ and an openly anti-Catholic, Islamist-laicist regime: in one sentence, it is a small but pure specimen of the conciliar revolution’s abandonment of the public Kingship of Christ for the cult of inter-state diplomacy.

A historic cathedral in Venezuela dedicated to Our Lady of Help, with a focus on traditional Catholic piety and Marian devotion.
Apostolic Letters

Urbi Valentiae (1960.02.12)

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Urbi Valentiae is a brief Latin text in which John XXIII, acting as alleged Roman Pontiff, confers on the cathedral church of Valencia in Venezuela, dedicated to Our Lady of Help, the honorary title and privileges of a Minor Basilica. It recites the building’s historical, artistic, and Marian significance and decrees, with typical curial formulae, that the said church be elevated to this dignity, invoking “Apostolic authority” and nullifying any contrary dispositions.

A priest leading a procession in honor of St. John Bosco in the Diocese of Rivadavia, symbolizing traditional Catholic devotion and the fight against modernist errors.
Apostolic Letters

Expedit sane (1960.02.12)

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The document entitled Expedit sane, issued by John XXIII on 12 February 1960, designates St. John Bosco as the “principal heavenly Patron” of the Diocese of Rivadavia, invoking his missionary zeal and historical links with the region as a spiritual support for the growth of the local “Church.” In a few solemn juridical formulas, it pretends to exercise apostolic authority, to bind the faithful, and to shower “liturgical privileges” on the diocese in virtue of a plenitude of power claimed by the author.

Saint Louise de Marillac tending to the poor in a traditional 17th-century French village setting, emphasizing supernatural charity rooted in faith.
Apostolic Letters

Omnibus Mater (1960.02.10)

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The document “Omnibus Mater,” issued by John XXIII in 1960, formally proclaims Saint Louise de Marillac as heavenly patroness of all engaged in “Christian social works.” It extols Catholic charity as “mother of all,” highlights modern social miseries, praises institutional remedies, and presents Louise—co-foundress with Saint Vincent de Paul of the Daughters of Charity—as a paradigmatic matron of organized charitable action, extending her patronage worldwide to all “social works.”

St. Charles Borromeo Church in Carmel, California, as a minor basilica with Our Lady of Bethlehem statue and wedding ceremony.
Apostolic Letters

A A A LA Ioannes XXIII and the Cult of Californianism (1960.02.05)

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The document attributed to Ioannes XXIII, dated 5 February 1960, grants the title and privileges of a minor basilica to the church of St Charles Borromeo at Carmel in the diocese of Monterey-Fresno. It praises the building’s antiquity, its connection with the early evangelization of California, the burial of Junípero Serra, its architectural and civic value, its popularity for nuptial ceremonies, and the devotion to “Our Lady of Bethlehem,” and concludes with the usual juridical formulae elevating the shrine. The entire text is a self-revelation of a curial mentality already detached from the supernatural mission of the Church and preparing the way for the conciliar revolution.

A solemn interior of the 17th-century cathedral of Ayacucho, Peru, elevated to a minor basilica by John XXIII in 1960. The baroque architecture features rich ornaments and sacred art.
Apostolic Letters

Meritis laudibus (1960.01.15)

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The Latin letter under the title Meritis laudibus, issued on 15 January 1960 by the usurper John XXIII, concerns a single administrative act: raising the 17th‑century cathedral of Ayacucho in Peru, dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, to the rank of a minor basilica. The text praises the baroque architecture, rich ornaments, and artistic furnishings, then, “from the fullness of Apostolic power,” grants the new title with its associated privileges.

Portuguese aviators kneeling in prayer before a statue of Our Lady of the Air, symbolizing the distortion of Marian devotion under false authority in the 1960 decree 'Aligera Cymba' by John XXIII.
Apostolic Letters

Aligera Cymba (1960.01.15)

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The document issued by John XXIII under the title “Aligera Cymba” (15 January 1960) proclaims the invocation “Nossa Senhora do Ar” (Our Lady of the Air) as the “celestial Patroness” of all Portuguese aeronautical personnel. It appeals to the Portuguese people’s traditional Marian devotion, invokes the alleged historical protection of the Blessed Virgin over Portugal, and, at the request of aeronautical authorities supported by Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, extends liturgical patronage and privileges to this particular Marian title, declaring the act to be firm, perpetual, and universally binding for the concerned category.

This seemingly pious and marginal decree is in fact a precise symptom and instrument of the conciliar revolution: a sentimental, bureaucratic Marian ornament laid over an emerging apostate system, using Marian language to anesthetize resistance and to mask the replacement of the Kingship of Christ with a technocratic cult of man and his machines.

A reverent procession in the Catholic basilica of Przemyśl, Poland, under the crowned statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland.
Apostolic Letters

Romanorum Pontificum (1960.01.09)

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The document attributed to John XXIII announces the elevation of the Latin-rite cathedral of Przemyśl, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland, to the status and title of a minor basilica, praising its Marian cult, architectural dignity, treasury of sacred art, and liturgical solemnity, and granting it all juridical rights and privileges attached to that title. It is presented as a pious recognition of a venerable temple, yet it functions as a polished juridical gloss masking the deeper usurpation of Catholic authority by a man whose entire line inaugurates the conciliar subversion of the Church of Christ.

The shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza in Jaén, Spain, with pilgrims and a golden-crowned statue of the Virgin Mary.
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Studium et cultus (1959.11.27)

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This Latin text, issued under the name of John XXIII on 27 November 1959, proclaims the local Marian devotion to “Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza” as principal heavenly Patroness, together with St Euphrasius, of the entire diocese of Jaén, confirming earlier favors, recalling popular pilgrimages and miraculous graces, and granting full liturgical privileges of a diocesan patron. It presents itself as a pastoral act of Marian piety, yet it silently presupposes the already-advancing conciliar revolution and uses Marian patronage as a pious veil for the new religion that John XXIII was about to enthrone.

Statue of Our Lady of Peace in a Catholic church with stained-glass window depicting war devastation in the background.
Apostolic Letters

Luctifera bella (1959.11.25)

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The Latin text issued under the name of Ioannes XXIII, entitled Luctifera bella, briefly recalls the horrors of modern warfare and the growing toll on civilians; notes the foundation in Italy of the “National Association of Civilian Victims of War”; praises its aims of material and moral support; and, at its request, designates the Blessed Virgin Mary invoked as “Queen of Peace” as heavenly patroness of this association, granting the usual liturgical rights for its patron.

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