“No, it’s not. It’s all part of the same doctrine. You should examine the doctrine first before attacking it’s origins.”
Post your evidence that they can and do hear your prayers.
I’m listening...
“Post your evidence that they can and do hear your prayers.”
Seriously. Go read the doctrine. You say they are separate things, they are not.
Exactly, there isn't any. There is no sorrow or tears in heaven. And they think they can bring their sorrows to them? LOL! It's desperation because they DON'T know GOD and are taught to by pass HIM, so they seek help from 'anyone' in VAIN.
Once the last breath is spent - it's OVER catholics! You can't pray FOR the dead or TO the dead. And if they feel a need to pray FOR the dead - it shows the dead must need prayers because the dead didn't believe GOD to be their FINAL authority. TOO LATE!
Notice, also, they assume their fellow catholics are in heaven - that's a big assumption. Let's see. 'I'm all yours Mary' is NOT! Practiced Idolatry right to his death and encouraged others to do the same and 'their church' dug up his body to do a satanic ritual.
They either repent now or be damned forever. And some have no way out because they have been given over to a reprobate mind. And, yet, many still follow blindly and turn a deaf ear to GOD.