You pray to saints. You repeatedly try and make the distinction that you DON'T pray to saints, but you ask them to pray to you.
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from YOUR OWN ARTICLE....
OK, so why pray to saints? We pray to saints to ask them to pray for us...
Repeating in bold font for emphasis...
OK, so why pray to saints? We pray to saints to ask them to pray for us...
The idea that Catholic doctrine has been monolithic from the apostolic age is itself part of sacred tradition ...