HarleyD, I'm thinking that to say my Church is very close to this is to make a statement which raises the anxiety level but conveys little reliable data. Yeah, some people are for it, and J2P2 seemed especially sympathetic. But I just don't know one way or another how "close" they are, and doubt there's a way to know. What do the Vegas odds-makers say?
It all comes down to politics. If the Catholics get enough Cardinals to buy into it -*-POOF-*- new Canon. All they need to do is pull together some savvy writers to make it all sound legit, like the early church fathers always believed it. Heck, now-a-days they simple say it's new teaching because the early fathers couldn't grasp the concept. The Church doesn't even try to tie it to the fathers anymore.
Mary will be eventually declared co-redeptix. It just takes time. One doesn't have to be a prophet to see which ways the political winds are blowing.