Five cardinals have invited every cardinal and bishop in the world to join them in petitioning Pope Benedict XVI to solemnly proclaim the Mother of Jesus as the “Spiritual Mother of humanity” as an ecumenical service of clarification to other religious traditions and to proclaim the full Christian truth about Mary.

Interview with Bishop Jozef Punt of Haarlem, the Netherlands - February 11, 2008
Press Release about Five Cardinals' Petition

Zenit-interview with Cardinal Aponte, Puerto Rico - March 18, 2008