These quotes at the top are very suspect. I doubt some of them are genuine. But I came here to tell Christians that it is pointless to even try to resist Mary worship. Christianity has always had a single, gaping hole in it, and that hole is the place that should have been occupied by the being who is sometimes called the Queen of Heaven. The divine feminine has been missing from Christianity, because it was deliberately excluded by the early Christian bishops. But it is a necessary component for any well-rounded religious faith. You can't get along without it. For this reason, Mary, mother of Jesus, was drafted into this role by Christians. Mary became, for millions of Christians in South America, in Spain, in Italy, in Africa, in Eastern Europe, the feminine aspect of God. The Catholic Church is only recognizing what is inevitable. Christianity needs a divine female member. The Holy Trinity as historically described by Christians is a bit of a joke because the female part of that Trinity was demoted to the inhuman level of a vague spiritual force called the Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit. All the feminine aspects to this divine figure were removed. But you can't do that. Humanity requires a female person of God. Hence, the Holy Ghost became Mary, mother of Jesus. The Queen of Heaven. Remember the passage in Matthew (Matthew 12:31-2) where Jesus speaks: >Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. >And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Well, removing the female qualities from the Holy Spirit is to mock and degrade it. That is what Christians, particularly Protestant Christians, have done for centuries. They have been committing the greatest sin against God that is or can ever be, by refusing to acknowledge the divine female part of the Holy Trinity. Those who deny Mary deny the Holy Spirit, and must suffer the consequences of it. To deny Mary is to deny God. The Queen of Heaven is an essential part of the Trinity.