Yes you're right, theologically Catholicism is very different to American protestantism which gave birth to the creationist movement and are certainly not interested in the sort of fundamentalist theocracy that most of them want.  Sure, they use the teleological argument, but phrase it in theological language which is a lot different from scientific language and hence it isn't pseudoscience, which is what irks me as a scientist.  But I don't understand theology (probably because I've been trained to think too scientifically).  And the Catholic Church most of the time has better things to do than make statements on scientific issues.  But Catholics are really into authority, so what the hierarchy says, goes. — Dunc|☺