You must have been living in Saudi Arabia....I went to St Rose Catholic grade school in 1944-48, Mother of good Counsel middle school ..1951-52, Catholic Memorial High school 1954-57 and we were ALWAYS encouraged to read the Bible. I agree that we were encouraged to seek assistance in interpreting it and understanding what it means, but I still do.....they had 2,015 years to study and interpret it....I've had 76....they might be better able to explain scripture than I can...
We can see the evidence of having been well indoctrinated into the Catholic cult.