[af_vet_1981]

nor is the catholic claim that Jesus is giving all of us His mom.

Were you baptized as a Catholic and then you became a Protestant, or were you born into a Protestant family ?

Paragraph 6. Mary - Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church

963 Since the Virgin Mary's role in the mystery of Christ and the Spirit has been treated, it is fitting now to consider her place in the mystery of the Church. "The Virgin Mary . . . is acknowledged and honored as being truly the Mother of God and of the redeemer. . . . She is 'clearly the mother of the members of Christ' . . . since she has by her charity joined in bringing about the birth of believers in the Church, who are members of its head."502 "Mary, Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church."503

[Elsie]

...she is clearly the mother of...

I think not.

[ealgeone]

Thankfully no...I've never been a roman catholic.

However, I became a follower of Jesus at age eleven. That makes me a Christian.

There is a difference.

Despite what is published in the CCC it is not substantiated in the Word, and in fact, goes beyond what the text says about Mary.