Even Martin Luther believed that Mary had received special graces from God, professing in a 1527 sermon:
It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary’s soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God’s gifts, receiving a pure soul (On the Day of the Conception of the Mother of God).
He was a Catholic!.
If he hadn't been in such a hurry, he could have nailed a LOT more to that door!
Wow!
It’s 7:42 and the TODAY show is running a blurb about “If the church doesn’t change”
Young women leaving the Catholic church.