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Msgr. Maurizio Gronchi, a consultor to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said in an interview with EWTN Noticias that the Marian title “Co-Redemptrix” may be “used in popular devotion, understanding its meaning.”

Commenting on the analysis of the title in Mater Populi Fidelis, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s November doctrinal note, Msgr. Gronchi said:

It’s not an absolute prohibition, but it will no longer be used in official documents or in the liturgy. But if used in popular devotion, understanding its meaning, no one will be reprimanded for it.

Msgr. Gronchi’s remarks echoed comments made earlier by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the dicastery’s prefect. Msgr. Gronchi’s assessment is significant, as he joined Cardinal Fernández at the November 4 press conference at which the document was presented.

In an interview with The Guardian, Bishop Michael Pham of San Diego recalled his family’s journey from Communist Vietnam to the United States and discussed his decision to accompany migrants to immigration enforcement proceedings.

“There are people in court who have lived here for 10, 20, 30, 40 years without criminal records,” Bishop Pham told the British newspaper. “And just imagine they have family, children, grandchildren, businesses—now being torn apart.”

At least 212 Nigerian priests have suffered abduction since 2015, according to a study conducted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria.

“Of the 212 kidnapped, 183 were released or escaped, 12 were murdered and three died later as a result of trauma and injuries suffered during their captivity,” according to the report. “Currently, at least four kidnapped priests remain in captivity.”

With the headline “Tra i veleni degli scarichi tossici” [Among the poisons of toxic waste], L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent article in its December 29 edition to pollution caused by mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Giada Aquilino’s article drew extensively on an earlier AFP report on the subject.

In Spes Non Confundit, his bull of indiction for the 2025 jubilee year, Pope Francis established that the jubilee year would end in the world’s dioceses on December 28. This article summarizes the homilies of the archbishops of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Detroit, Miami, Galveston-Houston, and Los Angeles.

In a recent homily, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, one of the two pro-prefects of the Dicastery for Evangelization, discussed his trips to three predominantly Muslim nations: Azerbaijan, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates.

“It is good to remember that the population of Asia is around 4.8 billion people, of which only 3% is Catholic,” Cardinal Tagle preached on December 23 in the Chapel of the Magi, in the Palace of Propaganda Fide.

In Azerbaijan, “around 400 regularly attend the Masses on Sundays, most of them migrants brimming with hope amidst their difficult lives,” he said. “There are catechumens who grew up not practicing any faith, but are now drawn to Jesus and the Gospel, thanks to the friendship and sense of community provided by the Catholics.”

In Malaysia, Cardinal Tagle spoke at a gathering organized by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences; in the United Arab Emirates, he celebrated Mass for 30,000 in Dubai (the nation’s largest city) and 18,000 in Abu Dhabi (the nation’s capital).