Does Francis know what would happen to him under the Mosaic Law in the days of Moses for praying before images to the dead?....he would have been taken without the camp and executed.
So why does he do the veneration of images today?...because Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11
"While standing in front of a Marian painting, the leader of the
Roman Catholic Church issued a prayer to Mary last week, who he referred to as the “Health of the Sick,” to ask that she deliver the world from COVID-19 through her intercession.
On Sunday, he visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major to stand before an icon of “Mary, Protection of the Roman People,” as well as the Church of San
Marcello al Corso, where he prayed before a crucifix that was carried through the streets during the Black Plague of 1522.
The prayer Pope Francis, was posted online by Vatican News with an English translation of his remarks." Fulcrum7
So why does he do the veneration of images today?...because Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11
"While standing in front of a Marian painting, the leader of the
Roman Catholic Church issued a prayer to Mary last week, who he referred to as the “Health of the Sick,” to ask that she deliver the world from COVID-19 through her intercession.
On Sunday, he visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major to stand before an icon of “Mary, Protection of the Roman People,” as well as the Church of San
Marcello al Corso, where he prayed before a crucifix that was carried through the streets during the Black Plague of 1522.
The prayer Pope Francis, was posted online by Vatican News with an English translation of his remarks." Fulcrum7