When the Vatican recently declared that the title Co-Redemptrix would no longer be recognized in official Church teachings, the ruling surprised many Catholics and quickly stirred theological debate across the globe. The November 2025 doctrinal note Mater Populi Fidelis, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, cautioned that the term co-redemptrix “carries […]

In the stifling heat of a Manila afternoon, where giant fans stirred the incense-laced air, parishioners packed into the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine to bid farewell not just to a pope, but to “Lolo Kiko.” The screens above the altar broadcast the funeral of Pope Francis from Rome, but in this corner of Asia’s Catholic […]