I read the entire post and went to the links. When I was in Roman Catholic HS (10th grade) one semester was the OT studies class. More time was spent trying to explain away the miracles of the OT. For example the teacher spent four days on how the Red Sea crossing was not really the Red Sea but the "Reed Sea." The Israelites escaped through a low marshy point in the Reed Sea and that was why Pharoh could not get his chariots through (got stuck in the mud). We spent another 3 days on the plagues of Egypt going one by one through the 10 plagues where the teacher presented natural phenomena explanations for each plague.
All miracles were "explained away" and not once was it discussed God intervened in the natural world.
What's worse? 11th Grade NT studies. In that class I listened to lectures about how Jesus' miracles could be explained by natural phenomena as well. When I asked about the miracles of Jesus raising people from the dead, we were lectured on resusitation vs. resurrection. When I countered with "Fr. you realize Lazarus was 4 days dead in a tomb when Jesus raised Him..." I was told there was no evidence Lazarus was dead, he may have been in a coma. I kid you not.
Did i leave that out? Yes, that was part of the NAB commentary as well. Thus the miracle was really that of an entire army drowning in mud! This is an example of how the Holy Spirit supposedly leads Rome into all Truth.