This answers better than I could. Why not believe that Mary was assumed into heaven? There are references in the Bible.
I've trudged through RC writings before and I prefer a simple straight answer as to where the bible teaches that she, specifically, was assumed into heaven.
90 posted on 09/13/2005 9:24:51 AM PDT by biblewonk
(Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?)