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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Catholics do not pray to saints. They ask saints to pray for them. [/quote]

And how exactly does that asking take place.  Oh right, in a prayer.  I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church considers the Hail Mary and the Memorare to be prayers -- and they are addressed to Mary, not to God.[/quote]

I ask my family and friends to pray for me, and that a prayer only in the literal sense of that term (a request, e.g. "pray tell").  It is no different from asking St. Anthony to pray for me.  He is part of the communion of saints.

What you wrote is your opinion, not the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.  The Catechism of which states in relevant part:

[i]"ARTICLE 3
GUIDES FOR PRAYER

A cloud of witnesses

2683 The witnesses who have preceded us into the kingdom,41 especially those whom the Church recognizes as saints, share in the living tradition of prayer by the example of their lives, the transmission of their writings, and their prayer today. They contemplate God, praise him and constantly care for those whom they have left on earth. When they entered into the joy of their Master, they were "put in charge of many things."42 Their intercession is their most exalted service to God's plan. We can and should ask them to intercede for us and for the whole world."[/i]

The Hail Mary includes the words, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.  Amen"

[b]Pray for us. [/b]
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