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 […]

For half a millennium, the Philippines has carried the torch of Roman Catholicism in Asia—burning bright through colonization, dictatorship, and diaspora. It is one of the Church’s last true strongholds, home to more than 80 million Catholics and a culture steeped in devotion, processions, novenas, and public faith. Yet even here, the flame flickers. Young […]