Which gets back to the question again.
What is so important about Mary remaining a virgin that the Catholic church needs to make it a matter of faith, doctrine, dogma, whatever?
Why is it so critical that she did when after the birth of Christ, the prophesy about her was fulfilled?
Why does the thought that Mary had sex with her husband after the birth of Jesus send Catholics into such a tailspin? Do they really think that that would defile her?
Sorry Elsie. Better luck next time.
Mom, its all a part of the marketing strategy and profitablity of the business model of making little images, ripped off from the Ephesian silversmiths. By knocking out the Diana competition, the field of making millions of these little images, generation by generation, instead of “Great is Diana of Ephesus!” now we have the replacement, “Great is Mary of Rome.” IMHO.