Has the pope not read the bible? JESUS is who the pope should pray to and worship NOT Mary.
If this isn’t proof of Mary worship by the Catholic church, I don’t know what proof you could still need.
Why did Jesus teach us the "Our Father" prayer, rather than the "Our Jesus" prayer?
Did you not read the bible where the Blessed Mother told the wine stewards to do whatever Jesus commanded?
Look up: latria, hyperdulia and dulia. It might help you understand Catholicism better.
He is asking Mary for her prayers and she will ask her son.
Are you familiar with the Wedding at Cana? Who asked for Jesus’ help?
What was said after that?
It was Mary who set forth Jesus in his very first miracle.
It was Mary who interceded on behalf of the wedding family, for meeting their needs.
It was Mary who was then, is now, and shall be the intercessor of all those who shall attend the wedding feast of the Lamb in Heaven.
Protestants are coming around to Jesus teaching of God in three persons, in terms of a family.
The Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit the Spouse, who overshadowed the perpetual Virgin.
To have a father, one has a mother. What is a son without a mother? Why draw pictures in terms of family at all, only to leave the mother out.
Mary was no surrogate for God and corrected all Eve destroyed, in every way.
By Eve, we are sinners all, in need of forgiveness. By Mary as Mother of our Salvation, we are grateful and indebted forever, and we are her children in Christ, for whom she gladly intercedes on our behalf.
Amen.
The Catholics are wrong on this.
Jesus is God.
Mary is a person.
Worship God.
We can pray to God, Jesus the Holy Spirit, Mary and numerous other saints if we want to. All separately or all at the same time if we want to. Will we go to hell if we do this?
Why does this bother you?
Pray for the Pope's safety, he is the boss of the faith founded by Christ 2000 years ago.
You and every other Protestant are free to go into the Jesus business for yourself, nobody is stopping you.