Check a dictionary. Pray means ask in every other English speaking country in the world. Lawyers are praying to judges all the time in England. Protestant Americans do not own the English language so deal with the fact that I pray TO Mary for her intercession. Catholics pray TO Mary.
“Protestant Americans do not own the English language so deal with ...”
And if God inspired the Holy Scriptures in English instead of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, well, you might have an argument there. In this case, your point is interesting, but based on a false premise.
I am very much aware that the Catholic Church teaching contradicts Jesus’s teachings. That is why I responded with that particular divergence to the challenge to identify where the Catholic Church diverges from scripture.