Don't worry. I live in the same universe as you do. But if you think the MSM are supportive of orthodoxy, you haven't been paying attention.
As for JPII supporting evolution, I remember that the MSM got the reporting on that completely wrong. IIRC, they indicated that he, all of a sudden, became a Darwinist.
In fact, in the speech (Italian version) that generated the MSM reports, he said, Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the spirit as emerging from the forces of living matter or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.
While that does not make him a six day creationist, he was far, far from a Darwinist.
Unfortunately, Fr. Coyne was unable to grasp that concept and he was fired from his position at the Vatican Observatory for that little error in judgment.
See what I'm saying?
Of course. YEC and Biblical literalism have no relation whatsoever to Catholic "orthodoxy." Which is why the MSM preferred the Catholics to Fundamentalist Protestants for so long.
Remember the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals? Catholics were laughing up their sleeves at such a clownish religion and patting themselves on the back for being so "respectable."
You know what they say about payback.