Overview
- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published Mater populi fidelis on November 4, signed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández and Monsignor Armando Matteo and approved by Pope Leo XIV on October 7.
- The Note says the title “Co‑redemptrix” is not appropriate because it risks obscuring Christ’s singular salvific mediation and generates doctrinal confusion.
- It affirms that Christ is the only Mediator, allowing “Mediatrix” only in a strictly subordinate sense that neither adds to nor replaces his mediation.
- Titles such as “Mother of Believers,” “Spiritual Mother,” and “Mother of the Faithful” receive cautious approval while language suggesting Mary as a “lightning rod” before divine justice is discouraged.
- Expressions like “Mediatrix of All Graces” are limited to very precise meanings, with the Note stressing that no human person is a universal dispenser of grace and warning against campaigns pushing new Marian dogmas.