The Vatican’s new doctrinal note moves beyond title debates to restore Mary’s role where Vatican II placed her — in perfect ...

“It is superstition to think that the Virgin Mary has the role of holding back God’s wrath. Whoever thinks this way is not in ...

A new Vatican document on Mary affirms a Scripture-based understanding of her person and her pivotal role in salvation history, according to several experts – although some lament the document failed ...

Intra-Catholic debate on the use of certain Marian titles has continued after the Vatican issued guidance encouraging limits on their use.

Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation, the ...

On Tues. Nov. 4, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a note clarifying some titles for the Virgin Mary—including one that has been the subject of much discussion over the last ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Church scholars have debated for centuries whether Mary, who Catholics and many Christians call the Mother of God, helped ...

Leo XIV authorised the promulgation of the decree recognising the Australian missionary as venerable, the first step toward ...

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure ...