Very odd you would even question that they do.
I have a question, are we permitted to make images of God?
I prefer not to take your bait...typical catholic baiting is well known on these threads...your question is one of them. Which by the way you'll find discussed prior on this thread in detail...might be advantageous you refresh.
You’ve made an assertion that they do all of these things, to which I asked a pertinent question.
Are we permitted to make images of God? I’m not trying to bait or lure you in any fashion.
I have seen Catholics, every year, at Good Friday, proceed and kiss the foot of Christ on the cross, to commemorate his death. I have seen Catholics pray the Rosary, to which they ask Mary to pray for them.
Do they believe that Christ and Mary are equal? No. And the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception demonstrates why this is not so. Christ chose Mary, before she was born to be his mother. If Christ chose Mary, than he is God and she is not, Mary is Christ’s creation, not the other way around, even though Christ was born of Mary.