Devotion to the Virgin Mary is the true bond between all popes and even the glue that holds Roman Catholicism together.

Accretions were added in history but are now part of theology and practice. They have percolated in such a way as to modify all doctrines and practices.

Without a biblical frame of reference for the development of doctrine, Roman Catholicism allowed this unwarranted belief to mount to a dogmatic peak.

“Mariology stands at the core of Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and is not a secondary issue”, says evangelical theologian in Rome Leonardo De Chirico.