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Good thing that I don't consider Mary or the saints or the Pope or a statue my mediator then eh?

"Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation. By her maternal charity, she cares for the brethren of her Son, who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties, until they are led into their blessed home. THEREFORE THE BLESSED VIRGIN IS INVOKED IN THE CHURCH UNDER THE TITLES OF ADVOCATE, HELPER, BENEFACTRESS, AND MEDIATRIX"

(Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, chap. 8, II, 62, pp. 382-383).

POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS STATED THAT MARY IS CO-REDEEMER, MEDIATOR, ADVOCATE

At least five times Pope Paul II has referred to Mary by the title "Co-redemptrix" in his papal teachings. For example, in 1985, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, the pope said: "Mary goes before us and accompanies us. The silent journey that begins with her Immaculate Conception and passes through the ‘yes’ of Nazareth, which makes her the Mother of God, finds on Calvary a particularly important moment. … In fact, at Calvary she united herself with the sacrifice of her Son that led to the foundation of the Church; her maternal heart shared to the very depths the will of Christ ‘to gather into one all the dispersed children of God’ (Jn. 11:52). Having suffered for the Church, Mary deserved to become the Mother of all the disciples of her Son, the Mother of their unity. … In fact Mary’s role as Coredemptrix did not cease with the glorification of her Son"
(Inside the Vatican, July 1997, p. 23).

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Maybe you had better get used to it.

Thanks, Reggie. Are you keeping track of all the excerpts which you are quoting from catholic sources? I wish you'd group them all together, along with their links so that we can go directly to the source, into a Word document or a really l-o-n-g email or something and send it to me. Excellent research work; I know it's time consuming, but it is so helpful to us who want to learn the truth about catholicism.