Edited sentence: (see below).However, the tradition is strong in the Catholic denomination.Ianana is the name of the Queen of Heaven, and is worshiped as the goddess.In the New Testament, there is only one reference to to Queen of Heaven and the reference is not pretty.Nowhere in the Word of God is Mary, mother of God, referenced as the Queen of Heaven.The Queen of Heaven is a pagan goddess who was worshiped in ancient times, and God tells the people through Jeremiah to stop immediately.The pharse "Queen of Heaven" is used once in Jeremiah chapter 7, and three times in Jeremiah chapter 44.The whore, Babylon, declared herself Queen of all