referring to your post regarding “praying to” saints.
I usually find this discussion revolved around the definition of “prayer” - and also whether or not souls in heaven can intercede.
To a catholic, to “pray” can mean to ask. Think of the term “pray tell?”
adoration- worship is something reserved for God alone.
prayer is something I can ask of others here on earth or in heaven.
I ask my family/friends/fellow christians for intercessory prayer.
It isn’t that I don’t also go to God myself because the two don’t exclude each other. I do both.
I also ask (”pray”) for friends in heaven for their intercessory prayer.
In fact - I consider their intercession to be very valuable as they already behold the beatific vision - they are very close to God.
We don’t consider this worship, we consider it intercessory prayer -the same type we ask of others here on earth.
I usually find that many christians of certain denominations don’t think that souls in heaven are capable of intercessory prayer - which is another discussion I suppose.