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The standard Cathiolic response is to deny that Catholics worship the Pope. But consider the following:
<<<At the coronation of Pope Innocent X., Cardinal Colonna, in his own name and that of the clergy of St. Peter’s, addressed the following words to the pope, “kneeling on his knees”: “Most holy and blessed father! head of the Church, ruler of the world, to whom the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, whom the angels in heaven revere, and the gates of hell fear, and all the world adores, we specially venerate, worship, and adore thee!”>>>
books.google.com/books?id=uZsvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=cardinal+colonna+worship+and+adore&source=bl&ots=31MvKKTAQP&sig=uTtthJ04CPrVe3eFDw5L9C9-byE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LDAyUcT7E5Ko8gTI2ICICw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cardinal%20colonna%20worship%20and%20adore&f=false SEE Page 406
Pope Leo XIII also had this to say::
<<<“The supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds therefore requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission to the church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.”>>>
The same Leo XIII declared, in 1894, “We hold the place of Almighty God on earth.”
Given these claims for the Pope, it is easy to see why Catholics, believing what Leo XIII says about the matter, would find it appropriate to worship him.
<<<At the coronation of Pope Innocent X., Cardinal Colonna, in his own name and that of the clergy of St. Peter’s, addressed the following words to the pope, “kneeling on his knees”: “Most holy and blessed father! head of the Church, ruler of the world, to whom the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, whom the angels in heaven revere, and the gates of hell fear, and all the world adores, we specially venerate, worship, and adore thee!”>>>
books.google.com/books?id=uZsvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=cardinal+colonna+worship+and+adore&source=bl&ots=31MvKKTAQP&sig=uTtthJ04CPrVe3eFDw5L9C9-byE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LDAyUcT7E5Ko8gTI2ICICw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cardinal%20colonna%20worship%20and%20adore&f=false SEE Page 406
Pope Leo XIII also had this to say::
<<<“The supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds therefore requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission to the church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.”>>>
The same Leo XIII declared, in 1894, “We hold the place of Almighty God on earth.”
Given these claims for the Pope, it is easy to see why Catholics, believing what Leo XIII says about the matter, would find it appropriate to worship him.