The “Mother of the Church” Memorial: A Conciliar Marian Devotion Rooted in Modernist Ecclesiology
The National Catholic Register article (May 24, 2026) reports on the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Mother of the Church,” celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost. It traces the title’s formal proclamation by Paul VI in 1964 during the Second Vatican Council, its championing by John Paul II, and its addition to the General Roman Calendar by Francis in 2018. The article presents this devotion as a natural outgrowth of centuries of Marian piety, anchored in John 19:25, and intended to foster “the maternal sense of the Church.” This seemingly pious devotion, however, is a quintessential product of the conciliar revolution, embodying its ecclesiological errors and serving to advance a modernist reimagining of Mary’s role, detached from the integral Catholic faith.








