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In these Ecumenical times, the Vatican seeks to conceal and deny idol worship within its
church, but the decrees of the church make its position crystal clear --

"I most firmly assert that the images of Christ and the Mother of God...and also of the
other saints, are to be had and retained, and that due honour and veneration are to be
given to them" (Creed of Pope Pius IV).

Also --

"It is also right to honour the sacred images of Jesus Christ, and of the Saints...We also
honour the relics of the Saints" (Compendium of Pope Pius X).

And further --

"The Saints reigning together with Christ are to be honoured and invocated that they offer
up prayers to God for us, their relics are to be venerated" (Creed of Pope Pius IV).

Not to be outdone by the Papacy we find the following --

"Besides honouring the Saints directly in themselves, we also honour them indirectly in
their relics and images...the Church requires the relics of the Saints to be inserted in all
altars where Holy Mass is offered" (Students Catholic Doctrine by C. Hert).

"The Commandment does not forbid the making of images" (The Catechism, Canon
Cafferata).

"The Saints...together with Christ are to be honoured and invoked because they offer
prayers to God for us" (ibid.).

Many Roman Catholic Catechisms purposely omit the Second Commandment forbidding
image worship, and seek to conceal this by splitting the Tenth into two parts. Rome even seeks to
divide worship into three distinct types:

1. LATRIA -- To be given to God.
2. DULIA -- To be given to the Saints.
3. HYPERDULIA -- To be given to the Virgin Mary.

In spite of all denials to the contrary, Catholic handbooks and manuals of worship clearly
expose the facts. In the Good Friday Service of Adoration of the Cross, we read --

"Behold the wood of the Cross -- Come let us adore...We adore thy Cross...Sweet wood,
sweet nails...Hail then, O Cross!"

In St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral of New York can be found the following prayer
to Saint Theresa --

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