Vatican: Read Your Bibles! (Now that you have them)

We just got finished watching Luther - the recent film about the life of Martin Luther. One of the major plot points of the film - and of course of the Reformation - was Luther's translation of the New Testament into German, so that it could be read by the average person, and the horror that the Catholic Church had about normal, uneducated human beings reading the Word of God. So - as a proud Protestant (who does not doubt Catholics can be saved) - I had to laugh when I read this article.

The Vatican told Roman Catholics on Thursday to read the Bible more regularly instead of keeping the 'good book' on the shelf gathering dust.
'Unfortunately, we must acknowledge that there is still too little Bible in the lives of the faithful,' said Bishop Vincenzo Paglia.
Paglia, speaking at a news conference presenting a Vatican conference on the Bible to be held later this month, said a recent survey of Catholics in Italy, Spain and France showed that only three percent of them read it every day.
He said the survey showed that the overwhelming number of Catholics, some 80 percent, only heard the Bible when they went to Mass on Sunday...In order for Catholics to catch up with Protestants on Bible reading, one participant joked privately after the news conference, the Vatican would need the patience of Job.

If you ask me, this historical irony proves only one thing: God definitely has a sense of humor.