Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
6-5-1998
Abstract
Leading international scholars in Marian studies will debate the question of proclaiming Mary Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces and Advocate for the People of God at "Mary's Place in Redemption," a July 18-19 symposium at the University of Dayton. Since 1993, more than 4 million people around the world have signed petitions asking Pope John Paul II to define and infallibly proclaim the new Marian dogma. The pope did look into the possibility, calling upon the opinions of 22 Marian scholars gathered at the International Mariological Congress at Czestochowa, Poland, in August 1996. They advised him against making the new proclamation, said one of the scholars, the Rev. Johann G. Roten, S.M., director of the Marian Library-International Marian Research Institute at UD and symposium organizer. "Theologians need to clarify what is meant by the three titles in order to avoid the confusion that would be caused by the ambiguity of the words," Roten said.
Recommended Citation
University of Dayton, "Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate: Should There Be a New Marian Dogma?" (1998). News Releases. 11909.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls/11909
