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I find it ironic - Catholics want to go directly to Heaven but they don't want to go directly to HIM in prayer, in belief in HIM/HIS Word alone. They are taught to go to Mary for some things, a priest/confession for others, dead saints for another, the church for another, allegiance to a 'man' Pope, the catechism, church doctrine, etc. They are taught all those have answers for them.

Who, by the way, teaches "reformers" their "answers" -- surely not scripture alone, because of all the disagreement. If all the "reformers" agreed, there would only be ONE sect of them, instead of thousands. So....

I find it ironic, Reformers think Catholics want to go directly to Heaven, but then, Reformers THINK Catholics DON'T want to go dircctly to Christ in prayer! Who tells reformers that? Who makes that stuff up? Reformers THINK Catholics are taught to go to Mary for some things, not seeing the obvious: anyone can ask a friend for anything. Mary is alive, and she is a friend. Do you go to a library for groceries? Do you ask a rocket scientist for recipes? Then if you want a point of doctrine explained, why not go to the Catechism? Or to particular saints who had a special charism for the topic at interest, to see what they said, in addition to the Scriptures?