*Papal Quotes*

As we have access to the Eternal Father only through Jesus Christ, so we access to Jesus Christ only through Mary. By thee we have access to the Son, O blessed finder of grace, bearer of life, and mother of salvation.... (St. Bernard).

The Church offers the Pascal Sacrifice for the Dead so that...the dead may be helped by prayers and the living may be consoled by hope. Among Masses for the Dead it is the Funeral Mass which holds the first place in importance....A Mass for the dead may be celebrated as soon as news of a death is received....(Vatican II, Code of Canon Law).

The souls of those who depart this life in actual mortal sin, or in original sin alone, go down straightaway to hell to be punished, but with unequal pains (Council of Florence).

...the teaching office of the Church is more important than the Bible: only an infallible Church can tell us what books belong to Scripture, and only an infallible Church can interpret the true meaning of Sacred Scripture; no one can do this for himself. Thus the Catholic can read only one Bible, the Bible which is published by the Church. In other words: The immediate and highest rule of faith is the living office of the Church (Dogmatic Theology for the Laity).

These studies and investigations have brought out into even clearer light the fact that the dogma of the Virgin Mary's Assumption into heaven is contained in the deposit of Christian faith entrusted to the Church (Munificentissimus Deus).