In this episode of Saints and Skeptics we ask "Why do I always see so many statues or icons of Mary at Catholic churches or in Catholic media? I thought the first commandment said “You shall not have other gods beside me”? Don't Catholics worship her and treat her like god?"

Lets find out! 



Citations from this episode:

• Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431) https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3810.htm
• Sermon 186 - St. Augustine
• Ineffabilis Deus - Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius IX on the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 1854)
• POPE PIUS XII - MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS
• CCC 2096