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November 22, 2015

'Dei Verbum' at 50: Where have all the Bibles gone?

A young woman studies the Bible at St. Mary of Celle Parish in Berwyn, Ill., in this 2009 file photo. Pope Francis has repeatedly encouraged the faithful to carry a pocket-sized Bible and to read several verses a day.

VATICAN CITY - Fifty years ago, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) urged the faithful to nourish their faith by reading the Bible, putting an end to centuries of seeing direct access to the Scriptures as something reserved to the clergy.

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