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The DDF Marian Document Relies on Poor Argumentation, Reveals Double Standard, by Carl E. Olson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Detail from the icon of the Theotokos in Hagia Sophia. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report, Nov. 4, 2025

Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be “Left Behind”?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the “Catholicism” and “Priest Prophet King” Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. …

 

“Mater Populi Fidelis” comes off, in places, as an exercise in selective targeting while using argumentation that should, by all rights, be applied to a host of far more serious and immediate issues.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with quite a few questions.

The document has sections of theological and historical reflection that are quite excellent. I think, however, that it doth protest too much, throws out the baby with the bath water, and strains gnats while apparently being oblivious to the various camels walking about.

Víctor Manuel Cardinal Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery, introduces the document by saying the “present Note responds to numerous requests and proposals that have reached the Holy See in recent decades, and particularly this Dicastery, regarding questions pertaining to Marian devotion and certain Marian titles.” ….

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