[Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...]

And exactly where in scripture does it say that only the pope can interpret scripture? You realize of course that the best way to keep the great unwashed blind and ignorant is to make them believe that only a select few can understand what the scriptures say .... and therefore, everybody else better not attempt to read it at all.

[Pio]

"And exactly where in scripture does it say that only the pope can interpret scripture? "

The Roman Catholic Church established the canon of scripture...it did not drop out of the sky.

I mean....I'm glad you read the scriptures...but you seem to forget that it is an original publication of the Roman Catholic Church...the one that happened to be headed by a Pope in Rome...the Pope is a successor of Peter whom Christ appointed as head.

I have a 1914 Douay Rheims Bible that contains a Papal indulgence if you read scripture for 30 minutes each day.....who is not supporting Bible reading?

Now you Protestants hate indulgences....what do you think of that one?