Why oh why do some catholics bow to, and kiss the feet of statues?
Some non-Catholics make the false claim that Catholics worship the Blessed Virgin Mary. For this statement to be true, then the Church must be telling us to do this. Therefore, if the Church is telling us to do this, then it must be written somewhere in official Catholic Church documents. I have repeatedly asked the people who make this false charge to please show me the official written Catholic document which directs us to WORSHIP the Blessed Virgin. The only reply I have ever received to that request was a quote from the Papal Encyclical ‘Lumen Gentium’: LG 50. “…The Church has always believed that the Apostles and Christ’s martyrs, who gave the supreme witness of faith and charity by the shedding of their blood, are closely united with us in Christ; she has always VENERATED them, together with the Blessed Virgin Mary and the holy angels, with a special love, and has asked piously for the help of their intercession.” Now, where in this quote does it say that Catholics WORSHIP the
