[Syncro]

You can pray to Mary for help.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Many Catholics say they do not pray to Mary, just "ask" her things.

[vladimir998]

You wrote: "Many Catholics say they do not pray to Mary, just "ask" her things." You might want to get a dictionary and look up the meaning of "to pray". It means "to ask". Here: Middle English, from Anglo-French prier, praer, preier, from Latin precari, from prec-, prex request, prayer; akin to Old High German frāga question, frāgēn to ask, Sanskrit pṛcchati he asks First Known Use: 13th century Synonyms: appeal (to), beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), beg, solicit, supplicate