What you seem to not understand is that Mary isn't even someone that deserves this kind of veneration. You wanna know how many times Mary, mother of Jesus, is mentioned in the Bible? 19 times. Catholics like to revere Mary as some huge figure in the Bible who deserves much praise and respect. Mary is a mere woman. She worships God in the same way everyone else does. CCC 969, CCC 966, CCC 2677, and likely many others, are all Catholic catechisms which all involve heretical doctrines such as Mary being a Mediatrix, Mary being the bringer of eternal salvation, Mary delivering souls from death, and prayer to the saints. Such magnificent attributes of Mary are found nowhere in Scripture. Not a single one of those things are found in God's inspired word. They are, however, said to be found in the Roman Catholic Church's Sacred Tradition. A tradition, which in and of itself is STEEPED in idolatry, from head to toe. "Mother of God" "Queen of Heaven," it's all disgusting catholic rhetoric. And do I even need to mention Exodus 20:4-5? I mean that part should go without saying really, the catholic church is filled with images, statues, and likenesses of Jesus, Mary, and the saints. Isaiah 44:17, "But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god."" Whether its praying to the saints, or even asking that the saints (who are all dead), somehow pray for you, it's still idolatry and it's still wrong. Even the very concept of the pope is downright wrong. “The Pope is of great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws. The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth...” — Lucius Ferraris.
