[paulat]

Why not?. Is she your God?...

No, hosepipe...it is a Catholic belief that Mary ascended into Heaven, just like her Son. The belief is that she was the only totally pure human being.

The Catholic church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption.

Google has a lot of information.

[Verginius Rufus]

The Greek Orthodox Church has a feast of the Dormition of Mary--her "falling asleep"--also celebrated on August 15. They believe her body was taken up to heaven. The main difference is that the Orthodox say that Mary definitely died, whereas Pius XII left it open when he defined the dogma of the Assumption, whether Mary died or not before being assumed into heaven.

This is from what appears to be the official website of the Greek Orthodox Church in America--"dormition" is the Latin equivalent of the Greek term for falling asleep.

[hosepipe]

[ No, hosepipe...it is a Catholic belief that Mary ascended into Heaven, just like her Son. ]

I know.. I just wanted somebody(else) to say it so the lurkers could consider the ramifications of it..

[rogator]

"...it is a Catholic belief that Mary ascended into Heaven, just like her Son."

Actually it is the belief of both Orthodox and Catholic Christians that Mary WAS ASSUMED into heaven.
She did not ascend like her Son.

[CommerceComet]

>>The belief is that she was the only totally pure human being.

Then Mary didn't need her son as a Savior. Correct?