Certainly a commendable ambition...with some caution. Paul encountered some well-meaning Judaizers who simply wanted the new non-Jewish (you and I) converts to do these few Mosaic Law things. After looking carefully at the implications of their "small errors", Paul noted that the folks who took this position were making fatal mistakes. Christ would be of no benefit to them, if they made these add-ons a part of their theology. We feel the same way about Catholicism.
Had the organization not appended its own ritualistic, cult-like traditions onto the biblical message of grace (thereby nullifying true grace), they would be kissin' cousins. Unfortunately, things added to grace, end up replacing grace. You have noted a couple of nuisance items here (the goofy Apocrypha & the perpetual virginity of Mary), but there are more...many more. Collectively they disqualify the organization as a biblically based congregation and brought about the need to make the original truth known, again. The Reformation was not a "protest", but an utter rejection of error, a calling out of an entrenched monstrosity. It continues today.
You have no idea how much you and I agree. The hidden meaning of my post was that you cannot be a Catholic without accepting the things I mentioned. ;-)