re question about virgin mary in article may athos rutgers edu a faris trl oz au aziz faris writes i think you re talking about the assumption of the blessed virgin mary it says that the immaculate mother of god the ever virgin mary having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory this was defined by a papal statement in though it had certainly been believed by some before that clh so true i m not sure of the basis of the belief but it was a widely held belief among the laity of the rc church and their support of it lead to it being declared to be true basically the teaching on infallibility holds that the pope is infallible in matters of faith and doctrine the college of bishops is likewise infallible and the laity is as well the pope gets most of the attention criticism but the consensus of the other bodies is equally infallible according to rc teaching joe moore
