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This is what the Church teaches, that Mary is worthy of veneration and love, but that it differs essentially from the cult of adoration which is offered to the Incarnate Word, as well to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and it is most favorable to it. It is what Catholics believe.

The Roman Catholic Church may teach that, but what is taught by the RCC is not supported by Scripture.

66. Placed by the grace of God, as God’s Mother, next to her Son, and exalted above all angels and men,...

Not supported anywhere in the NT. It is more false teaching on the part of Roman Catholicism.

Clearly from earliest times the Blessed Virgin is honored under the title of Mother of God, under whose protection the faithful took refuge in all their dangers and necessities.

Again, not supported by the NT. Mary is never referred to as the "mother of God".

Further, no one in the NT is ever directed to "take refuge in all their dangers and necessities" under Mary's protection.

We do have this though from the NT.

6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 NASB

31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; 34who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:31-35 NASB

14This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. 1 John 5:14-15 NASB

It is amazing that in all of the NT we don't have a single verse from any of the writers instructing us to pray to Mary or to rely upon Mary for anything.

Catholics are correct when they call this a cult. For that is what it is.

So why would you expect Catholics to discontinue practices that are encouraged by the Church as being perfectly acceptable to God and a means to obtain His graces?

If bowing before an idol, praying to the image depicted by the idol, wearing pieces of cloth, medals, etc, is what is taught by the RCC, then indeed, the use of the word cult is appropriate.

It would be like one of us insisting that you accept the challenge to pray the Rosary every day for a month. Knowing what you believe about the Rosary, it would be disrespectful for us to insist on you doing something that you would not want to do. So would you please show some respect for Catholics and stop insisting on us doing something that we do not want to do?

Yet Catholics insist non-Catholics join the Roman Catholic church almost daily on these forums. Are Catholics being "disrespectful" when they do so?

Would it be "disrespectful" to show the Mormon or Muslim where they are in error?

That Roman Catholics so vehemently defends this idolatry and worship of Mary, in spite of the numerous admonitions in Scripture against idolatry, is most unfathomable.