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"Every Catholic does personal interpretation but every Catholic also acknowledges that the Magisterium has final say on how those passages are to be taken."

So you're saying that Catholics are perfectly fine with whatever decision their leaders decide and it does not bother them in the least. I seriously doubt that. A five year old kid could read Genesis and know that Human Evolution is not possible if the words in the Bible are true.

The proof is his own words (and many others) who became atheists because of this make believe science. There is no evidence for Human Evolution, only a best guess using questionable fossils. The Bible has been around far longer than these crackpot Neo-Darwinists, I'll stick with it and I like my chances of being right.

I believe the Catholic church teaches that it is acceptable to believe Genesis is either actual fact or metaphorical. Leaving one to believe in evolution or not. Me? I believe it is literal.

The teaching authority of the Church is for matters of faith and morals which scriptural interpretation is a part.

"A five year old kid could read Genesis and know that Human Evolution is not possible if the words in the Bible are true. "

A five year old would interpret according to the axioms of his own culture and the limits of his knowledge. The Church accepts plain sense readings of scripture but acknowledges that these may be faulty.

This is a good thread that explains the Catholic view on this, Adam, Eve, and Evolution.