Antipopes of the Antichurch
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Si ingratae mentis (1959.05.11)
This Latin letter of John XXIII to Antonio Caggiano and the Argentine hierarchy marks the centenary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Argentina and the 25th anniversary of several ecclesiastical provinces created there. The text congratulates the civil authorities and hierarchy on institutional growth—new dioceses, parishes, churches, religious institutes, schools, hospitals, and Catholic Action—and urges further collaboration between state and hierarchy, presenting Argentine national prestige and “Christian humanism” as signs of God’s favor.
Cum natalicia (1959.04.04)
The letter “Cum natalicia” of John XXIII, addressed in 1959 to the Ministers General of the Franciscan branches on the 750th anniversary of Innocent III’s approbation of the Rule, is a brief panegyric that praises St. Francis, exhorts external fidelity to the Rule, commends poverty, humility and apostolic zeal, and urges the Franciscans to adapt their preaching to “the conditions and ways of our time” while remaining devoted to the “Apostolic See.” Beneath its polished Latin and seemingly pious Franciscan vocabulary, the text functions as an ideological prelude: an attempt by the newly installed antipope to enlist the prestige of St. Francis and of the great mendicant tradition into the service of the coming conciliar upheaval, emptying poverty and penance of their doctrinal edge and subordinating authentic Franciscan spirituality to the programmatic naturalism of the neo-church.
Primo exacto (1959.03.29)
Dated March 29, 1959, this brief Latin letter of John XXIII appoints Giovanni Urbani, Patriarch of Venice and newly created “cardinal,” as his legate for solemn celebrations in Venice in honor of “Saint” Pius X, on the centenary of Pius X’s priestly ordination, including the transfer of Pius X’s bodily remains from St. Peter’s Basilica to the Basilica of St. Mark. John XXIII heaps effusive praise on Pius X as vigilant pastor and dispenser of divine mysteries, grants his legate faculties to impart a plenary indulgence, and cloaks the entire operation in the aura of continuity with an “exemplar” of anti-modernist papal sanctity. This text is a quintessential specimen of pious cosmetics: a theatrical appropriation of Pius X’s authority to legitimize the very architect of the conciliar catastrophe that Pius X prophetically condemned.
Octogesimum Natalem (1959.02.25)
This brief Latin note of John XXIII, dated 25 February 1959 and addressed to Louis (Ludovicus) Shvoy, bishop of Székesfehérvár (Alba Regalis), offers congratulatory wishes for his eightieth birthday, praises his pastoral diligence and steadfastness in difficult circumstances, and imparts an “Apostolic Blessing” upon him, his clergy, and people.
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