### Instruction: Q. 343. Is it allowed to pray to the crucifix or to the images and relics of the saints?

### Response: A. It is not allowed to pray to the crucifix or images and relics of the saints, for they have no life, nor power to help us, nor sense to hear us.

-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS / Q. 343