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Catholicism teaches that Mary never died, but was assumed bodily into Heaven, the same as Jesus had been.

AnswerThe gospels say that Mary was alive at the time of the crucifixion, but say no more about her. A Christian tradition is that she died at an old age, while some believe she was taken up bodily and alive into heaven.

The Doctrine of the Assumption states that Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. However, it does not state that she was assumed live or died and her body assumed into heaven later. One of the apocryphal (non canoninical) scriptures states that she died and when they went back to the tomb 3 days later, the body was gone and only the burial cloths remained. According to the Vatican, either explanation is acceptable and not excluded by the doctrine. We know that Mary had two tombs, one near Jerusalem and the other near Ephesus, or, at least, these are claimed to be her tombs. Whether either was the actual tomb or whether either was ever used is not known.

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