Roman Çatholicism has always been syncretistic.
We have 'Christmas Trees' and Michelangelo's Jesus, at the Last Judgement looking like Zeus and the statue of David, looking like Apollo.
True -- but no "nude Mary" that I know of.
No one has a problem with those
A lot of Protestant and Evangelical denominations reject it as not being the correct thing to do.
Israel was the same way. No one lives in a vaccum.
In Exodus - they made a golden calf like the gods of Egypt and claimed "this is the god that brought you out of Egypt" -- so then , real syncretism. And God punished them for it - made them melt it down. A few thousand of them even died.
Ex 32:8 They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a cast
metal calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said,
‘This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’” 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people. 10 So now leave Me alone,
that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”
26 Moses then stood at the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is for the Lord,
come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him. 27 And he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Every man
of you put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp,
and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.’” 28 So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and
about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 Then Moses said, “Dedicate yourselves today to the Lord—for every man has been against his son and against his brother—in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.”
30 And on the next day Moses said to the people, “You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” 31 Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves! 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin,
very well; but if not, please wipe me out from Your book which You have written!” 33 However, the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe him out of My book. 34 But go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you; nevertheless on the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.” 35
Then the Lord struck the people with a plague, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
The question is, are what we are reappropriating from the nations a reflection of truth as God has revealed to them through nature or is it demonic.
Well given how poorly it worked out for Israel and given Ex 20:1-5 - my guess is that it should be avoided "like the plague"