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Which Pope declared that it was a divinely revealed dogma that:
“the Immaculate Mother of God, the Virgin Mary,
having completed the course of her earthly life,
was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”?

Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius IX

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Clement X

Your answer was: Pope Pius XII.

You are correct!!

Answer: In 1950, Pope Pius XII declared that it was divinely revealed dogma that: “the Immaculate Mother of God, the Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory” (Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus -Most Bountiful God-.)

The Catholic Church teaches that Mary’s body was glorified immediately at the end of her earthly life. Thus, unlike other mortal beings who must wait until the end of the world for our bodily resurrection, Mary, as Jesus’s mother, was given the divine gift of being taken body and soul to Heaven upon her death.

CLICK HERE to view the article by James C Hamilton,
'The Proclamation of the Assumption of Mary - 1 November 1950'
Vatican Notes Volume: 64; Issue: 367; Page: 38-39; 2016

Proclamation Of The Dogma Of The Assumption
143-144 (1951)

Feast Of The Assumption
615-616 (1977)

The Daily Question

Which Pope declared that it was a divinely revealed dogma that: “the Immaculate Mother of God, the Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”?

Which Pope declared that it was a divinely revealed dogma that:
“the Immaculate Mother of God, the Virgin Mary,
having completed the course of her earthly life,
was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”?