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It is true that an obsession with an adoration for "Mary" is at the heart of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines. However, when a Filipino person is converted to Christianity away from Marianity, they see that the Bible teaches Jesus Christ is the center of the Christian faith. It is not just in the Philippines that the "mother of Jesus" replaces Jesus Christ. Not only are there shrines and statues dedicated to her all over the world, Roman Catholics consider her a mediator between man and God which the Bible forbids.

January 1 - Filipinos are in love with the Virgin Mary, and the Baclaran shrine is proof

Article: Roman Catholic Church And The Last Days

A long-venerated icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help turned 150 last year, and many Filipinos’ Marian devotion has never been stronger. “There is one clear reason for the thousands of devotees who flock to Baclaran: the special Marian piety of the Filipino people,” Fr. Joseph Echano, CSsR, rector of the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, told CNA.

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