In a preface to the note, Cardinal Fernández wrote that the document responds to questions the dicastery received in recent decades about Marian devotion and certain Marian titles, and clarifies which ...

A statue of Our Lady of La Antigua, patroness of Panama, is displayed during the presentation of the doctrinal note “Mater Populi Fidelis” (“Mother of the Faithful People of God”) at the Jesuit ...

This week’s announcement by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that we should not use “Co-redemptrix” as a title of the Virgin Mary has left observers with several questions, among them: “Why ...

The Vatican published a doctrinal note that highlighted approved Marian titles while discouraging confusing expressions It clarified the effects of titles such as 'co-redemptrix' and explained why it ...

One of the Catholic Church’s foremost associations of Mariologists has issued a strongly critical response to Mater Populi Fidelis, a recently published Vatican doctrinal note that has been criticized ...

An Evangelical theologian has questioned the theological coherence of a recent Vatican doctrinal note addressing the controversial Marian title “Co-redemptrix,” arguing that while the document slows ...

While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as "co-redemptrix" or "co-mediatrix." In a lengthy doctrinal note titled ...