The headline really doesn't tell the whole story. The bishops actually rejected a proposal to produce another document to 'enlighten' Catholics on how to study the Bible. One bishop who favored the motion to remand it back to committee, actually stated that Catholics could study the Catechism to learn how to read the Bible. Now there's a novel idea...However, it doesn't pay the same to bureaucrats at the USCCB.
After watching the discussion, I was pleased that the conference voted to remand the proposed document back to committee. For one of the very few times in my life, I agreed with Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk.
Monday, the bishops approved a resolution which would develop a means to assign priorities to projects and, hopefully, to reduce the number of largely unread documents coming out of the USCCB. This was the point of Archbishop Pilarczyk's motion - to abide by the previous day's vote.
A USCCB administrative committee approved $150,000 for a study on how Catholics use the Bible, using funds from the sale of the New American Bible.
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