Reiteration: Why do Catholics have images of Christ and Mary when its against the 10 Commandments?

Question

I'm not being facetious, so serious answers please. No haters of religion. Someone said its similar to pictures of your children in your wallet, but you dont pray in front of those pictures. You dont carry them throughout streets, you dont cry because you see them. The 10 Commandment say you musnt make and "image" of any kind, but constantly there are images of Christ on a cross and of the virgin Mary that people bow before or kiss. How are these things not against the 10 Commandments? Or the bowing to the Pope when as catholics you are not to bow to anyone but God and even Jesus himself would discourage the bowing and praise he recieved on earth from others. Why is bowing to the Pope allowed? Again, this is of curiosity, those who are here to simply degrade others belief please move on.

But isnt prayer a form of worship? Is there a scripture in the bible where it is alright to pray to Mary? It sometime seems as when you witness Catholic events, as a non-catholic, it looks like people are worshipping these images of Christ on a cross or the Virgin Mary.

And i also know of how certain commands from God were given to create images, as far as the serpeant and the arch, but some of those images were destroyed and some people were also because they began to bow to them.

Answer 1

I don't believe it would be against the Ten Commandments to have a image of Christ, but i do know that they worship and make too much of Mary. Yes, she was the mother of Jesus but we are to worship God Alone, no one, nothing eles.
It is just there ways, and beliefs i guess. Myself, and my house, we believe in God and God Alone.