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Monsignor Maurizio Gronchi. Credit: EWTN Noticias

Co-Redemptrix Title of Mary Not Absolutely Prohibited: Vatican Expert

Dec 28, 2025

Vatican expert explains that the titles “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix” will no longer be used in the liturgy or official documents but can be used in popular piety if properly understood.

Pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience Aug. 9, 2023, hold up an image of the Virgin Mary. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Today Begins May, the Month Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary

May 1, 2025

The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and spiritual mother of all.

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Kenya’s Bishop Kimengich of Eldoret Named Mombasa Coadjutor, Set to Succeed Archbishop Kivuva

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Pope Leo XIV: Human Voices and Faces Are Sacred; AI Requires Education and Responsibility

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Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya Advocates for Technology That “preserves identity, safeguards dignity” in Africa

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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Native of Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncio to Congo Brazzaville

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, pictured here in 2014, took up his new post as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in September 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican Doctrinal Chief Warns Against Condemnations, Urges Humility in the Church

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“There must be renewal, revival, restoration,” Priest Challenges Ghana’s Charismatic to Live Credible Christian Witness

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Nigerian Catholic Diocese Condemns Church Desecration as “grievous sacrilege,” Orders Week of Reparation

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