On 4 November 2025, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, presented a new doctrinal note, Mater Populi Fidelis (MPF), on some Marian titles regarding Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation. This is the first time that the most important dicastery of the Roman Curia has devoted such great attention to Marian soteriology, and for this reason we cannot but rejoice. A document comprised of 80 paragraphs and 197 footnotes is, by no means, insignificant. The biblical aspect is treated with great precision. Indeed, upon reading the introductory section, one is pleasantly struck by a statement that stands in clear contrast to the prevailing historical-critical exegetical milieu in vogue. It states that Genesis 3:15 prefigures, in Eve, the Virgin Mary, “the Woman who shares in the definitive victory over the serpent” (n. 5). Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Jesus addresses his mother as “Woman” at Cana (cf. Jn 2:4) and at the “hour” of the Cross (cf. n. 5).
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