“How well acquainted with the Bible are priests?” This question was posed by Andrea Fontana, who is himself a priest and the director of the Turin Diocesan Office for Catechism. Writing in the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire, Fontana said that the question came to mind when “a layman approached [him] to ask if the diocese had any Bible study courses.” In the layman’s parish, “the Holy Scriptures were never mentioned.” In answer Fontana wrote: “In truth, after the seminary courses [priests] attend, sadly, few continue to study the Bible. .*.*. Sunday homilies are often the only moment in which many of the faithful have the opportunity to hear something about the Bible text and draw close to it.” The layman had said that “he himself associated with Jehovah’s Witnesses to learn more.”
Catholic Priests and Bible Knowledge?
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