"If this is Catholic teaching, how come I've never heard it before?"

A recent article in America magazine points out that "according to many studies, Catholics are among the most biblically illiterate Americans," despite the best efforts of the Catholic Biblical Schools all over the country and their graduates, who bring biblical literacy into ever-wider circles.

And, as the author explains, contemporary Catholics continue to be "shocked at [for example] the suggestion that the first and second chapters of Genesis did not contain literal, historically accurate accounts of creation." Biblical literalism (or fundamentalism) is well and flourishing in our nation.

I recommend this interesting and accurate (in my experience) article by Brian Pinter, who is the director of campus ministry at Regis High School in New York and a graduate student in Bible at The General Theological Seminary in New York City.

Follow this link to read more: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13002