I’m not sure about others out there, but in all the parishes I’ve attended (5+) and in all my experiences with Catholics, the answer to is unequivocally “No, Catholics do not worship Mary.”
I would be highly concerned if there were any worship of Mary because I think that is or is very close to idolatry. But in all my experiences, including my own, the primary focus on Mary is one of reverence, not worship.
But the church does at the highest levels?
I can’t speak for the Church as a whole at the highest levels, honestly because there’s so much I don’t know and so much that I could never know.
Maybe one day I’ll do a deep dive into everything, but probably not. I’ll continue to know the Church by my personal experiences with it, not what others say about it because there’s simply too many psyops and propaganda to sift through in this life.
I have great respect for each Christian denomination, and I try to use Bitcoin as a way of understanding the various forms of Christianity. At the end of the day, the nodes are who decide, not a central authority.
