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On October 4, 2025, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith promulgated the Mater Populi Fidelis Note. As the title indicates, it is a doctrinal Note and concerns “certain Marian titles referring to Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation.” The main object of criticism regards the centuries-old attribution to the Holy Virgin Mary of the title Co-redemptrix, considering that it causes confusion among the faithful because it would diminish the unique redemptive value of Jesus Christ.

Some sources report that the document was conceived under Francis, but was not published in time, because the Bishop of Rome—as he liked to call himself—died beforehand. Already by August 2025, several Italian Vaticanists were speaking of a Note aimed at reducing the number of Mary’s titles in the Litany of Loreto. Pope Leo, initially opposed, is said to have later yielded to Fernandez’s pressure. At this point, it remains to be understood to what extent it is the Curia acting in persona papae, as the law would require, or rather the Pope acting according to the logic of the Curia—one might say, in persona curiae.

Pope Leo, by signing the Note and thus recognizing it as his own magisterial act, in fact repudiates his own teaching. He even repudiates what the much‑beloved Second Vatican Council itself taught.

Before entering into the analysis of the document, it is interesting to note that Pope Leo, by signing the Note and thus recognizing it as his own magisterial act—albeit authentic and not ordinary (even though, thanks to Bergoglio, the confusion between these two categories is at its peak)—in fact repudiates his own teaching. He even repudiates what the much‑beloved Second Vatican Council itself taught.-- More...