To the extent that Catholics have any exposure to their Faith at all -- which usually means, to the extent that they go to Sunday Mass --- they are invariably directed toward Scripture. EVERY Sunday Mass has 4 major readings (the Old Testament lesson, the Psalm, the Epistle, and the Gospel) and at EVERY Mass we pray to the Holy Spirit for understanding.
You can get a Catholic Bible at Amazon.com for one cent (plus postrage!) and no Catholic has any excuse not to have it, read it, or revere it.
Conceding --- with sorrow --- that the sermons are often pathetic, and the religious teaching in Catholic schools often shockingly deficient, still I must say that Catholics who are religiously ignorant ar so for the same reasons that Protestants, Jews, or anybody else is religiously ignorant: distraction, social conformity, and sloth.
I'm sorry if you find what I said erroneous, but I have family members who are indeed Catholic, and they have informed me as I have written.
While I don't disagree with what you have said, I can't help but have the impression that "Church Teaching" trumps individual study and searching the scriptures for oneself. But please understand that I agree that the same holds true for most everyone who subscribes to any particular Denomination.
For instance: I was reared between the "Church of Christ, and the Methodist Denominations. At age 14 I was so confused by both extremes that I decided that there was no GOD, and that the whole thing was a sham.
However, at age 23, and after running from GOD for a while, I eventually received GOD's Gift of Salvation, in a Pentecostal Church.
I now consider myself as simply a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. While I deeply respect and share many of the traditions of the Christian Denominations, I don't necessarily agree with some as being "Biblically" sound.
Therefore I don't follow those teachings, nor will I allow myself to be held to account by any particular Church tenant and or denominational beliefs.