Just another case of idolatry supported by Roman Catholicism.
Lighten up Francis
Anything Christian should be encouraged.
Protestant iconoclasm is reminiscent of Wahhabism.
Iconoclasm threatened the Byzantine empire
through Islamic influence.
It’s not idolatry in that the subject of the church, statue, etc. isn’t herself worshipped, and she’s not. Saints are viewed as vehicles of intercession for communicating prayers to God from those who recognize their saintliness, which has been proven through Church mandated protocols. So please don’t confuse statues and churches with the soon-to-be idols and church/library the obamassiah.