In his Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II invites us to penetrate into the depth of the Mystery of Jesus by uniting to “theological investigation” recourse to “that great heritage which is the ‘lived theology’ of the saints” (#27). This is immediately illustrated by citing two women Doctors of the Church, Saint [...]
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Jul
Padre Pio and the Mother Co-redemptrix
It has been written, and rightly so, that “if there is an aspect of the mystery of Mary especially fitting to the life and work of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, it is certainly the coredemptive aspect of the person and mission of the Immaculate in God’s salvific plan of love” (1). The mystery of Mary [...]
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Jul
The Motherly Role of Mary in the Church and in the World
A Position Paper on the Motherly Role of Mary, the Blessed Virgin Mother in the Church and in the World Hanging on the Cross, Jesus sees his mother and John standing at the foot of the Cross … Looking at them, Jesus says: “Woman, behold your son … Behold your mother” (Jn 19:26-27). Thereby Jesus [...]
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Jul
The Mother Co-redemptrix and the New Evangelization
Pope John Paul II has prophetically summoned the Church to undertake with the greatest possible diligence and comprehensibility a new global promulgation of the Good News of Jesus Christ, a worldwide “New Evangelization” of the Word of God. As we contemplate the imperative for the New Evangelization, particularly in light of Pope John Paul’s 2001 [...]
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Jul
Blessed Virgin Mary: Unique Cooperator in the Redemption
1. Introduction God’s redemptive love of self-gift in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and humanity’s response to this unconditional love is the core of salvation history. In this redemptive schema, human persons at different historical stages have responded either creatively by their life and mission or destructively by their selfishness and [...]
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Jul
Cardinal Calls Mary “Co-redemptrix” in Vatican on Lourdes Anniversary
Our Sufferings are also Christ’s Sufferings VATICAN CITY, Feb. 11 2008 (VIS)—In the Vatican Basilica at 4 p.m. today, Feast of Out Lady of Lourdes and 16th World Day of the Sick, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, celebrated Mass for the sick and for pilgrims of UNITALSI [...]
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Jul
The Sufferings of Mary as Co-redemptrix
How Did Mary Make Satisfaction For Us? The purpose of satisfaction is to repair the offence offered to God and to make Him once more favorable to the sinner. The offence offered by mortal sin has about it a certain infinity, since offence is measured by the dignity of the person offended. Mortal sin, by [...]
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Jul
Mary and the Distribution of Grace
Does Our Lady distribute grace only in the sense that she intercedes for each one of us and so obtains that the fruits of the merits of her Son be applied to each one of us at the appropriate moment, or does she transmit graces to us in the way in which the Sacred Humanity [...]
11
Feb
PRESS RELEASE: Cardinals Initiate Worldwide Cardinal-Bishop Petition for Dogma
A press statement has been released regarding the initiative of five cardinals and their invitation to all cardinals and bishops throughout the world to join them in a petition to Pope Benedict XVI for the dogmatic proclamation of Mary as the spiritual mother of all humanity. The press release from the secretariat of the five [...]
08
Sep
Mary Co-Redemptrix as a Help in the Pursuit of Interreligious Dialogue
In 2004, I attended in Rome the Plenary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (May 2004) and also the Study Days on Vatican II’s Decree Ad Gentes (October 2004). At both these events it was emphasized that the Church’s commitment to Evangelization and to Dialogue go hand in hand. This eventually led me to [...]
