Do Catholics worship Mary Magdalene

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Catholic AnswerThere is a semantic problem here, mostly in modern protestant influenced culture where the word "worship" is reserved to mean adoration. The word worship means "acknowledgment of another's worth, dignity, or superior position." In England, "worship" is used as a title in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station. In the Christian religion worship is either given to God, and then it is adoration, or it is given to angels and saints, and then it is called veneration. In Latin the term used is latria for God, and dulia for saints and angels. Latria is the veneration due to God alone for his supreme excellence and to show people's complete submission to him. It is essentially adoration. As absolute latria, it is given to God, alone. Dulia is reverence of a disciple for his master or of a servant for his lord. It is the honor given to the angels and saints as friends of God. Hyperdulia is the special veneration due to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is substantially less than the cultus latriabut it higher than the cultus dulia. As the Church understands the veneration of Mary, it is to be closely associated but subordinated to that of her Son. (mostly extracted from the Modern Catholic Dictionary by Fr. John Hardon, S.J.) Catholics worship Mary only in the non-divine dulia or hyperdulia manner described above. They only "worship" God in terms of adoration.

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By the way, an idolis any creature, figure, or representation (it can even be yourself) whom one gives divine honors, or becomes an end in itself without reference to God. There is no "idol worship" in the Catholic religion, this is strictly prohibited by God, Himself.