Three weeks after the publication of Mater Populi Fidelis ignited widespread debate over Marian doctrine, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández moved to clarify the most controversial line of the document.
Cardinal Fernandez spoke to Vaticanista Diana Montagna and clarified regarding the declaration that it is “always inappropriate” to use the title “Co-Redemptrix” to describe Mary’s cooperation in the work of Redemption.
Speaking on Tuesday, 25 November, following the Vatican press conference for Una Caro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) insisted that the declaration was never intended as a blanket condemnation of earlier saints, theologians, or popes who have used the term.
