I have to run, but the top photograph is taken from one of four chapels in one church. Yes, I know which church it is, because I belong to that parish. Every Sunday morning I see that particular statue walking to the back of the Cathedral to process behind the cross. Yes, it is known as the Mary Chapel, but you’re cherry-picking. The focus of that specific church is Christ and anyone who thinks otherwise has never seen the Crucifix or the Mosaic in the east transcept or the Blessed Sacrament Chapel or the Sacred Heart Shrine. There’s no doubt who the focus in that parish is. None.
Any thought going to Mary is one thought less than should be going to Jesus Christ alone.
"Flee from idolatry." No matter how good it feels to remain the servant of it.