Nuke you are completely ignorant of what a 'Catholic' believes.
Mary isn't worshiped neither are any of the Saints. They (or one in particular) are asked to pray with us or implored to intercede for us because we believe that when two or more are gathered in prayer our the power of our prayers are greater. If you went to Catholic school surely you have heard of intercession.. (I doubt you did though).
It has nothing to do with 'worshiping' of Mary.
Prayers always are in the name of Jesus. The Pope is not an intermediary for prayer or for a relationship with God.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
The 'Pope' follows a direct line of succession from Peter to the present. Peter was chosen by Jesus to build his church.
The Bible didn't mysteriously write itself, it arose out of the traditions of the Church. Certainly the inspiration of God but meant to viewed within the tradition and teachings of the Church.
Non-Orthodox (ie Protestants) break that line of succession and tradition. Luther basically taught that all men are can become their own Church and can interpret the Bible any way they wish. Even though all the various sects of Protestants claim their understanding of Scripture are correct because they were "led by the Holy Spirit."
If that was the case they why are there so many sects? This is why tradition is so essential. It keeps people from misinterpreting their own ego or prior false understanding for "guidance by the Holy Spirit." Tradition keeps restraint on the wild-eyed among us who have big imaginations.
Orthodox Christianity (which includes but not exclusively Catholic) provides that context through tradition.
I'm not singling anyone out here. Neither am I saying that ONLY Protestants have to be on guard against this pitfall. Anyone should, but it seems Protestants are the most reluctant to acknowledge this danger. Its like they read something, assume some interpretation, and that's the end of it. And if their interpretation happens to conflict with the traditional interpretation, well, then too bad for the traditional interpretation! Well, not all of them are that ego-centric, but this is the basis from which virtually every Protestant sects originated. Usually it was one man or a small group of persons, who adopted some innovative interpretation and then split-off from whatever group they were affiliated with and then created yet another sect. As if one more sect added to the hundreds already existing was what the world really needed.
All Protestantism pivots on this false idea. It must attack the real Church or else they have nothing, no legitimacy, nothing. Even the cults within Protestantism use the same tactic against earlier establish Protestant sects to establish their own legitimacy. But from the beginning it is a tactic based on a groundless premise.
Most all Protestant sects identify themselves either by their founder's name or some particular aspect of Christian doctrine which they have chosen to emphasize: Lutheranism, Calvinism, Russellites, Methodism, Baptist, Pentecostal, Seven Day Adventists, etc. Each name in itself bespeaks a partial or man-made doctrine.
For example, Calvinism is just a doctrine according to John Calvin, not Jesus Christ. It presumes by its very name that nobody prior to 1500 knew what they were doing - an unbelievably arrogant and self-serving premise which essentially brands the all the great theologians, evangelists, and martyrs of Christianity as dimwits, fools, or liars.
Catholic church is one of the decendants of the churches the apostles founded BUT it's not the one which is following the original sacraments, liturgies and heritage of the "first churches"; that honor goes to the church of Constaninople (Byzantine and Orthodox christians.
I can write up a comparison between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox but it would but 3 posts long. They have far more in common with each other they say any of the numerous Protestant sects.
