On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the new doctrinal statement on Mary and look at St. John Henry Newman being named a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education.
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Posted inVatican Dispatch
Vatican officially says no to controversial titles for Mary: ‘Co-redemptrix’ and ‘Mediatrix of all Graces’
The titles risk obscuring the revealed truth that Christ is “the sole Mediator and Redeemer,” a new document from the Vatican’s doctrinal office says.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Pope Leo’s very Marian papacy (so far)
Several months into the papacy of Leo XIV, we have an opportunity to examine the way his young papacy is embracing a Marian face.
Posted inSpeeches
Full text: Pope Leo’s homily for the feast of the Assumption
“Brothers and sisters, when in this life we “choose life,” we are right to see in Mary, assumed into heaven, our own destiny.”
Posted inThe Good Word
Why Catholics need to resist the controlling narrative about the Assumption
Mary’s Assumption doesn’t appear in Scripture. But that doesn’t mean it’s just a human addendum to church teaching.
Posted inFaith, News
Study: Devotion to Mary has significant impact on deciding to become a priest
The majority of survey respondents cited their Marian devotions as having played an important role in the discernment and living of their call to religious life.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The Marian devotion that unites Dominicans and Haitians despite decades of persecution
Whatever conflict may exist between them, thousands of Dominicans and Haitians gather as one each year on Jan. 21 in Salvaleón de Higüey to celebrate Our Lady of Altagracia.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
At New Year we remember Mary and the depth of Christmas
A Homily for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, by Father Klein
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Follow Mary’s example: Women can be leaders in the church without ordination
The unique perspectives and gifts that women bring, in collaboration with clergy, enrich the church in ways that go beyond what ordination could offer.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Mariachi, rosaries and devoted Latino Catholics: My morning at a procession for Our Lady of Guadalupe
In the face of fear and threats to our community, Latinos from around the city gathered in a public veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe––seeking comfort in her and in each other.