....”The Catholic church publishes its teachings. Anyone can read them”....
That’s really nonsense...especially for those without familiarity with catholic jargon, which muddles the message, and further overloads the message with volumes of otherwise unnecessary information....in order to cloak what might be objected to.
So yes many catholics and non will just simply accept the easy way out and let someone else sort out and tweak what’s written....few do...so it’s simply “there”.
And yet they are there. Decrypting them is another matter. Some of the Catholics aboard manage it. Some parrot the company line, some wouldn’t dream of questioning the line even in the face of massive contradictions, which is interesting in a viewpoint established on works.