Vatican’s Marian Note Undermines Mary’s Role in Redemption
Vatican’s Marian Note Undermines Mary’s Role in Redemption
Portal Vatican News reports the publication of *Mater populi fidelis* by the Dicastery for the “Doctrine of the Faith,” signed by “Cardinal” VÃctor Manuel Fernández and approved by antipope Leo XIV. The document discourages traditional Marian titles like “Co-redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of All Graces” while promoting diluted alternatives like “Mother of Believers.” This constitutes a direct assault on Mariological orthodoxy and reveals the conciliar sect’s rejection of Mary’s unique cooperation in salvation.
Theological Sabotage of Marian Doctrine
The Note claims titles like “Co-redemptrix” risk “obscuring Christ’s unique salvific mediation” (MPF §22). This reflects the conciliar revolution’s Christological imbalance condemned by Pope Pius XI: “If We ordain that the whole human race should acknowledge Christ the King, We shall minister to the need of the present day, and at the same time provide an excellent remedy for the plague which now infects society” (Quas Primas, 1925). Mary’s cooperation in redemption, far from diminishing Christ’s primacy, manifests its plenitude. Pius XII explicitly affirmed Mary as “Reparatrix of the whole world” (Auspicia Quaedam, 1948), while Leo XIII taught she “administers the treasury of His merits” (Jucunda Semper, 1894).
Modernist Distortion of Mediation
The Note’s admission that “Mediatrix” may be used in a “subordinate sense” (MPF §25) betrays the sect’s naturalism. Mediatio in Catholic theology denotes Mary’s participatory role in distributing graces merited by Christ alone – a truth defined by Benedict XV: “She renounced her maternal rights for the salvation of mankind… and immolated her Son, so that it can be rightly said she redeemed mankind together with Christ” (Inter Sodalicia, 1918). The conciliar sect reduces mediation to mere “cooperation” or “assistance,” evacuating its supernatural essence.
Omission of Dogmatic Foundations
Nowhere does the document mention the de fide teaching that Mary’s Fiat was ontologically necessary for the Incarnation (Lateran Council, 649), nor her spiritual motherhood proclaimed by Pius X: “Is not Mary the Mother of Christ? Then she is our Mother also” (Ad Diem Illum, 1904). This silence exposes the systematic dismantling of Marian dogma to accommodate Protestant sensitivities – condemned by Pius IX as “shamelessness of heretics who deny the unique mediation of the Mother of God” (Ineffabilis Deus, 1854).
Ecumenical Subversion of Truth
Fernández cites “ecumenical reasons” for avoiding “Co-redemptrix” (MPF §18), echoing Paul VI’s apostasy at Vatican II: “The Church… esteems the true, good, and holy elements found in other religions” (Nostra Aetate, §2). Contrast this with Pius IX’s Syllabus: “It is an error to believe that Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (§18). The Note’s insistence that Mary “could not have been the mediatrix of the grace that she herself received” (MPF §67) contradicts Pius IX’s definition of her Immaculate Conception – she received prevenient grace to become the channel of all graces.
Rejection of Suffering’s Redemptive Value
By dismissing John Paul II’s references to Mary as Co-redemptrix in the context of suffering (MPF §18), the Note implicitly denies the ex opere operato efficacy of united sacrifices. This aligns with Bergoglio’s 2023 decree Fidem Perficere eliminating penitential acts. St. Pius X condemned such Modernist reductions: “The chief stimulus of the Modernists is curiosity… which, when combined with pride, lays the intellect open to all errors” (Lamentabili, §13).
Conclusion: Apostasy Disguised as Prudence
The conciliar sect’s Mariology reflects its inherent Gnosticism – reducing Mary to a symbolic “Mother of Believers” while denying her mediatory reality. As St. Pius X warned: “The Modernists… recognize nothing that is not visible in the Church” (Pascendi, §26). True Catholics must cling to the Lex Orandi of the traditional Mass, where Mary’s titles – Advocata, Auxilium Christianorum – remain unmolested. This doctrinal Note confirms Leo XIV’s antipapal status, fulfilling Bellarmine’s criterion: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope” (De Romano Pontifice).
Source:
Doctrinal Note on Marian titles: Mother of the faithful, not Co-redemptrix (vaticannews.va)
Article date: 04.11.2025