The catholic can name and rename whatever they want, but it doesn't change what it is.
Whether it be veneration, dulia, a sacrifice presented again, worship, statues of mary are not considered idols, kneeling before said statue is not worship, relying upon mary for salvation is not really relying upon her for salvation, etc.
Catholicism has to redefine the normal understanding of everyday words and sentences.
It's one of the most convaluted systems I've encountered.
“Catholicism has to redefine the normal understanding of everyday words and sentences.”
You’re the only one doing that. You’re claiming one thing is another. It’s what you do.
“It’s one of the most convaluted systems I’ve encountered.”
“To Protestantism False Witness is the principle of propagation.” (John Henry Newman, Lecture 4. True Testimony Insufficient for the Protestant View)