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John XXIII delivering the 1962 allocution to the Central Preparatory Commission for Vatican II with Cardinal Wyszynski and Our Lady of Czestochowa in the background.
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La allocutio (1962.02.20)

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The allocution of John XXIII on 20 February 1962, opening the fourth session of the Central Preparatory Commission for Vatican II, is a brief Latin discourse: it recalls earlier meetings, laments the deaths of three cardinals, rejoices at the presence of Cardinal Wyszynski and his Marian gift from Czestochowa, envelops all in pious sentiment about the communion of saints, and entrusts the conciliar work to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, presenting the Council as an effort “to promote the glory of God and the coming of His Kingdom on earth” and to “prepare for the Lord a perfect people.”

Church of St Mark the Evangelist in Arica, Chile, with traditional Catholics in prayer.
Apostolic Constitutions

Iquiqüensis (Aricensis) (1959.02.17)

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The document establishes, by an alleged “apostolic” act of John XXIII, a new territorial ecclesiastical unit in Chile: from the Diocese of Iquique a portion of territory (“Departamento civil de Allea,” with a specified exception) is detached to erect the so‑called “prelatura nullius Aricensis,” defining its borders, assigning Arica as its see, designating the church of St Mark the Evangelist as prelatial temple, regulating its dependence on the metropolitan see of La Serena, outlining its temporal goods, seminary obligations, transfer of archives, and executive implementation by Sebastianus Baggio as nuncio. In other words, it is a piece of bureaucratic cartography that presumes an authority it no longer possesses and exemplifies the new geography of a structure already in doctrinal rupture with the integral Catholic faith it claims to administer.

A Catholic bishop in traditional vestments stands solemnly in a candlelit chapel, reflecting on the dangers of modernist documents.
Speeches

Allocutio Ioannis XXIII (1962.01.23)

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Venerable John XXIII’s January 23, 1962 allocution to the Central Preparatory Commission for Vatican II is a congratulatory speech in which he praises the bishops and experts for their work, rejoices in their unity, presents the immense volume of preparatory material as a sign of hope, exhorts serenity and concord, announces two upcoming documents (on unified priestly prayer for the Council and on strengthening the use of Latin, especially in seminaries), and implores prayers for the “great event” of the upcoming Council.

Depiction of John XXIII signing the Niameyensis (Fadangurmaensis) apostolic constitution with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in a Vatican hall, symbolizing the early signs of the conciliar revolution.
Apostolic Constitutions

Niameyensis (Fadangurmaensis) (1959.02.12)

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The Latin text titled “Niameyensis (Fadangurmaensis)” (12 February 1959) presents itself as an apostolic constitution of John XXIII, administratively dividing territory from the apostolic prefecture of Niamey in French West Africa to erect a new apostolic prefecture of “Fadangurmaënsis,” entrusted to the Redemptorists and made suffragan to Ouagadougou. It is framed as a routine act of missionary governance for the spread of the Gospel and the better organization of ecclesiastical structures. In reality, it stands as an early juridical monument of the incoming conciliar revolution, revealing the already operative rupture of doctrine under the outward veneer of pre-conciliar language.

A solemn depiction of John XXIII addressing the Central Commission preparing Vatican II in 1961, highlighting the false optimism and anthropocentric focus of his speech.
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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII (1961.11.07)

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In this allocution of 7 November 1961, John XXIII addresses the second plenary session of the Central Commission preparing Vatican II, praising the work of the preparatory bodies, exalting worldwide expectations for the coming council, invoking peace, human dignity, collaboration, and the “universal” hopes fixed upon this future assembly. He frames the council as a response to contemporary aspirations, emphasizes optimism about humanity’s moral and religious openness, and calls for trust in mutual understanding, justice, and respect for the human person redeemed by Christ.

A Catholic priest in a wooden church in Berberati, holding a Latin document detailing the division of the diocese.
Apostolic Constitutions

Berberatensi (1959.02.09)

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In this 1959 constitutional act, Angelo Roncalli, styling himself “John XXIII,” claims to exercise supreme apostolic authority to detach portions of the Berberati diocese in French Equatorial Africa (Bossangoa, Bouca, Batanfago, Paoua) in order to erect a new apostolic prefecture of Bossangoa, entrusted to the Capuchin Friars Minor. The text outlines jurisdictional boundaries, subordination to the metropolitan of Bangui, procedural norms for implementation by Marcel Lefebvre as Apostolic Delegate, and asserts the perpetual validity and binding force of this institutional reconfiguration under “pontifical” authority. Already in its premises and juridical claims, this document exposes the nascent conciliar revolution: a human-engineered administrative rearrangement presented as an act of Petrine authority at the very moment when that authority was being emptied and weaponized against the integral Catholic faith.

A solemn portrait of Agostino Gemelli and John XXIII at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.
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Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Romanae Domus Catholicae Studiorum Universitatis a Sacratissimo Corde Iesu (1961.11.05)

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John XXIII’s allocution of 5 November 1961, delivered at the inauguration of the Roman house of the so‑called Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, is a brief, ceremonious praise of academic expansion, of medical science, and of the legacy of Pius XI, Pius XII, and Agostino Gemelli. It lauds the new medical faculty in Rome, invokes the Virgin Mary as “Seat of Wisdom” and “Health of the Sick,” and offers a paternal blessing that the institution may flourish in knowledge and honour. The entire text is a polished exercise in institutional self‑congratulation and humanistic optimism, carefully avoiding any mention of sin, error, Modernism, or the primacy of Christ’s social Kingship that must judge all science and education; it is therefore a small but telling manifesto of the conciliar spirit: euphoric naturalism cloaked in pious phrases.

John XXIII addressing Jesuits in Rome (1961), symbolizing the betrayal of Catholic doctrine through misplaced obedience.
Speeches

Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Sodales Societatis Iesu (1961.10.01)

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John XXIII—the first antipope of the conciliar usurpers—addresses assembled members of the Society of Jesus in Rome (1961), praising their fidelity to the Roman See, exalting their special vow of obedience to the papacy, commending their apostolic works (especially youth formation and missions), and imparting his “apostolic blessing” as an encouragement to assist his program of religious renewal and moral restoration in society. In reality, this apparently devout allocution is a programmatic attempt to harness the Jesuits as the vanguard of a new, paramasonic religion of conciliar humanism under the label of obedience and “piety,” subordinating their famed discipline and intellectual power to the coming revolution against the integral Catholic faith.

Traditional Catholic scene depicting the 1959 erection of the Sicuani Prelature in Peru under Ioannes XXIII, highlighting canonical form without doctrinal substance.
Apostolic Constitutions

CUSCHENSIS (Sicuanensis) (1959.01.10)

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The Latin text issued under the name of Ioannes XXIII on 10 January 1959, titled “CUSCHENSIS (Sicuanensis),” decrees the erection of a new territorial prelature “nullius” in Peru (Sicuani) by detaching several provinces from the Archdiocese of Cuzco, defining its borders, cathedral, clergy ascription, seminary obligations, temporal goods, and procedural execution, in full juridical form of an apostolic constitution according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law.

Dominican friars in a traditional chapel listening to an allocution by John XXIII, emphasizing the contrast between traditional Catholic values and modernist agenda.
Speeches

Allocutio Ioannis XXIII ad Fratres Praedicatores (1961.09.25)

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The allocution of John XXIII to the superiors and members of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) on 25 September 1961 praises the historic fidelity of the Order to the Apostolic See, extols their title as “Order of Preachers,” and urges them to unite “old and new” in responding to the “needs of the times,” adapting studies, apostolate, missions, and publishing to contemporary circumstances while remaining, in his terms, faithful collaborators of the Roman See and instruments for spreading the Gospel.

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