“The Church” didn’t provide the Ten Commandments, either. And it sure is obvious they don’t follow them.
I can say with all authority (for myself) that the sky is green. That does not make it so.
Just because the Roman Catholic Church makes a proclamation about something doesn’t change the fact that it is against God’s commandments!!
Hoss
How do you know that Catholics worship the statues? What makes a graven image is whether or not one worships the object instead of God himself.
You are quite right that the statues are not in and of themselves required, and the Catholic church does not require them. Some choose to erect memorials to the Saints in their honour. Some do not.