Sorry, I don't bow and scrape before something as absolute truth just because it's posted on the USCCB website.
Discouraged? Officially? When and by whom? Or just unofficially and off-the-record.
Again, the original poster said that Catholics were *prohibited* from reading the Bible *for centuries*.
I'd like some proof.
"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ" -- St. Jerome
“I’d like some proof.”
You won’t get any. Of course.
Dude, it's a catholic website. You don't like what they have, take it up with them.
You asked for a source, I gave you one.
I somehow think if the pope himself said it you'd disagree.