[Antoninus]

I find myself agreeing with you on this. The concept of "coredemtrix" has always caused red flags to go up for me. I have great difficulty defending the idea, so I generally ignore it. The theology behind it is far from convincing.

There have always been bishops, clerics, and theologians out there with theological innovations. Generally, I have no problem with the Church allowing some latitude in personal piety. I certainly have no problem with devotion to the Blessed Mother. That said, I am glad the Pope hasn't attempted to dogmatically define this title for Mary as I think it goes way beyond Scripture, and beyond Tradition.

I'll continue to pray over it, though.

[Maeve]

There are fundamental problems in the technical expressions used in some of the Marian dogmatic declarations.

What is needed is not this new dogma added to what has already been created by the ex cathedra declarations of Popes but rather an entirely comprehensive dogmatic constitution of the Church concerning Our Most Holy Lady Mary, the God-bearer. This could be a very effective vehicle especially with Light from the East, so to speak, by including and drawing from the wisdom of the Eastern Catholic churches concerning the Blessed Mother of God as well as the Orthodox East and those voices from the Fathers important to both West and East. I am only lightly sketching what I think might be done in this regard with this post.