Did Pope Benedict cross the line about Mary?

 

Pope Benedict XVI made a variety of improper theological statements about Mary yesterday. Here is the first:

“If the Church does not exist without Pentecost, neither does Pentecost exist without the Mother of Jesus, since she lived in a wholly unique way what the Church experiences each day under the action of the Holy Spirit,” the Pope said in the general audience. (Naab K. Benedict XVI: Mary Invites Us to Pray for More Than Ourselves. Zenit, March 14, 2012. http://www.zenit.org/article-34459?l=english)

Did he cross the line?

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