I responded with the same Bible verse that Falwell quoted on Donahue and my husband just shrugged and admitted that he didn't know the Bible like I did because the Catholic church didn't encourage reading the Bible.That's funny. My parish sure encouraged Bible reading, Bible study, reminding students to read a little from the Gospels every day, etc.
Both my folks are cradle Catholics and the children of cradle Catholics and Bible reading was certainly encouraged in our home.
Evidently the Catholic church is not the same everywhere. My local parish had a priest who took the acolyte class into the church basement and got them drunk on communion wine and molested them. This was back in the '60s. I know it is true because my father was the desk sergeant at the police station when the complaint came in.