Do Catholics adore saints and why?

Answer 1

Catholic AnswerAdoration falls under the Latin term Latria. Latriais due to God alone, we give dulia to the saints:

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

Latria That supreme homage and religious worship which is due to God alone in acknowledgment of his being our Creator, our first beginning and last end, of his sovereign dominion and infinite goodness.. Relative latria is paid to images of the Sacred Heart, to crucifixes, and to such other religious objects as are exclusively connected with a divine person. The homage does not rest in the symbol (that would be idolatry), but goes to the associated Person. Latria differs from hyperdulia and dulia not in degree but in kind, accordingly as their objects are respectively the Creator and the creature.

Dulia. The reverence and homage paid to saints and angels on account of their supernatural excellence and union with God. To be distinguished from the adoration of God (latria) and the special honour paid to Mary (hyperdulia). Dulia is from the Greek word for servants (of God).

Hyperdulia. The special homage paid to Mary on account of her supreme dignity as Mother of God, and her consequent unique holiness and nearness to God. It recognizes that she is a creature, and so it differs from latria; but a creature holier and nobler than any angel or saint, and therefore worthy of a greater reverence than the dulia paid to them. It implies a loving reverence for God's mother and ours, and a confidence in her power and benevolence.