There has and still is a major Critique of The Catholic Church when it comes to doctrine around the Pope and the leadership structure and also what is seen as the worship of Mary, you may also add the statues that were remade from pagan gods into the saints of the church. The critique is large and it often comes from the rest of the Body of Christ (the church).
I will confront the question from the view of Sun god worship. Common knowledge that change came with Constantine (not a controversial view of History). Suddenly "Christian Holy days" match with pagan dates and even more controversial the structure of pagan worship does match as well.
- The structure of the leadership in connection to the story of Nimrod
- You see the round wafers in the sacrament and in the monstrance symbolize the sun (the sun was erected above the altars in the worship of Baal)
- The wine turns into blood (drinking blood) not just a symbol
- The columns of St Peter's Basilica in Rome have a sun-like image, and a wall has a golden sunburst image just as in the Babylonian temple
So much to say and has been said. Many books on this critique or just plain history books.
The question here is how does the Catholic Church deal with this problem. Are there any books, sermons, teaching or maybe you can present the full answer below, How does the Catholic Church dealsdeal with such questions, that is one question, the strong connection with pagan worship or the accusation of it?