Edward Pentin: Theologians Press Vatican to Address Concerns Over Marian Document

Members of an international group of leading theologians and Mariologists have written to Cardinal Victor Fernández, asking him to respond to their detailed criticisms of a Vatican doctrinal note published last November that diminished some long-established devotional Marian titles.

In a letter dated March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, and made public on the Feast of the Annunciation, the Theological Commission of the International Marian Association expressed its disappointment that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), which Cardinal Fernández heads, had not yet replied to their concerns about Mater Populi Fidelis (Mother of the Faithful People) that they published in a lengthy commentary on Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

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Edward Pentin is the National Catholic Register’s Senior Contributor and EWTN News Vatican Analyst. He began reporting on the Pope and the Vatican with Vatican Radio before moving on to become the Rome correspondent for EWTN's National Catholic Register. He has also reported on the Holy See and the Catholic Church for a number of other publications including Newsweek, Newsmax, Zenit, The Catholic Herald, and The Holy Land Review, a Franciscan publication specializing in the Church and the Middle East. Edward is the author of The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates (Sophia Institute Press, 2020) and The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation into Alleged Manipulation at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family (Ignatius Press, 2015). Follow him on Twitter at @edwardpentin.