The Pope claims to know who have gone into Heaven, making them saints. The Bible says: Dont pray to spirits and the dead.
My wife was horrified, the day she understood what I was trying to tell her, and stopped praying in the name of Catholic saints. I told her:
«How do you know that this man was a saint, and are in Heaven? If this man was a hypocrite, he is certainly not in Heaven, and will not be able to listen to your prayers. But a demon wold like to answer you, claiming to be the «saint». Please pray in the name of Jesus only. Thats the only guaranty you have for not being taken for a ride by an unclean spirit»
Both King David and the Jewish Apostle Paul called people present in their time on Earth for saints.
Psalm 30:4
«Sing to the LORD, you saints…