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Don't be too confused.
What they mean by a Catholic Bible is a Bible that contains the Apocrypha...a set of writings that were considered to be "spurious" and questioned over the years. Although certain Popes condemned these books (namely Leo the Great and Benedict XIV) these books continued to be important to the church and to church authors, especially in the middle ages. The modern evangelical movement does not recognize the aunthenticity of these books; and even for Catholics (Eastern and Western) the books are questionable.
The main concern is that you have the core 66 books of both the New and Old Testament, in a translation that is somewhat true to the Original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts.
I've settled on Olive Tree, because they now offer the NIV (not that the NIV is the most scholarly version by any means, but it is one of the most readable and still adheres rather closely to the original languages). Olive Tree is NOT a "beautiful" program, but it is fast, and I like how the index is laid out.
I did NOT like Laridian at all. It was slow, and FUZZY on my X50v (which isn't in VGA mode!).
With all Bibles, it usually doesn't matter what version you read, as long as you read it, think on what you read, make connections between what you read and your own life, and then apply that knowledge into action in your life.
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