Thank you for your thoughtful response. I'm a Protestant but appreciate the Catholic Church more than many do. I don't believe it to be the "one true church" or I'd be a Catholic myself. That doesn't mean I consider it "the whore of Babylon". Ultimately, I don't believe we'll be judged by our church affiliation, but by our faith in and relationship with Christ. Yes, I'm aware of the good and bad history of the RCC. As I said in my original post on this thread, I'm not here to bash the church, but I do believe they are wrong in regards to evolution. As you have pointed out yourself, the church is not infallible and has made mistakes in the past. That was my only point. I'm frankly surprised they have taken such a liberal position. The new pope has had many good things to say that I agree with when I've read or heard his comments.
The Church doesn't "support evolution." It doesn't discount it, but it says that NO MATTER the mechanism for our being here, GOD did it. It was divinely inspired, divinely instituted, and divinely guided. So if it was us evolving from primordial ooze, God arranged it. If it was us appearing under cabbage leave, God did it. The Church has an interest in Truth, and a fuller understanding of God's creation is the surest path to truth. There is evidence to support evolution, just as there are arguments to diminish it. Point is, even if we hatched from giant eggs in the middle of the ocean, God did it.
As for "I don't believe we'll be judged by our church affiliation, but by our faith in and relationship with Christ," I agree. Christ said He is the way, truth, and light, and no one can go to the Father but through Him. I see that as (if you will forgive the analogy) Jesus being a bouncer for Club Heaven--He says who gets in or who has to go down the street to Studio 54.