Maligned and make into a substitute Jesus by Catholicism.
It's been shown over and over for years from Catholicism's own writings that this is doctrine to be followed.
Let her be who God created her to be, not a co-redeemer or a demonic apparition such as at Fatima and other places across the globe.
Years ago I was visiting in the hills above Watsonville CA (large Mexican population} and a relative-who knew I was a Christian- said that Mary has appeared in a tree and many were gathering and bowing and worshiping and she asked if I wanted to go down there and join them.
From the smile on her face I knew she knew my answer...
Please no long answers "showing" me how wrong my statements are.
They've got a 'Mary' tree in Castroville too, I think. On the West side of town, about halfway between the last cluster of buildings on the North side of the road not far from Hwy 1. But I didn't see anybody bowing down and praying to it. Must have gone by on the wrong day, or wrong time of day? lol
Remember the Central Texan Barbecue? That guy used treat me, and my younger brother real good when we went there. Good Texans, from D-FW, fishing out on the West Coast, sometimes putting into the Slough (Moss Landing).
Now, I think my brother may have only a couple of days left...I'd be surprised if he pulls out of it -- and if he did, there's not much hope for much 'cept lots more pain.
Stevie Ray was from Oak Cliff (Dallas).
They have a Mary cult that revolves around a cement statue made by human hands in a cow pasture in Alabama, based on the myth that Mary came and had a chat there.