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 ...

The Vatican has issued guidelines stating that Catholic believers should not refer to the Virgin Mary as "co-redemptrix." A debate within Christianity over whether the Virgin Mary assisted Jesus in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the Vatican issued new guidance that encourages limits on the use of certain Marian titles out of a concern that they may overstate the Blessed Mother’s role in redemption and mediation, the ...

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 ...