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Pope Leo 13, on the 13th day of December 1898, granted the following indulgences: `` An indulgence of three hundred days is granted to all the Faithful who read the Holy Gospels at least a quarter of an hour.

A Plenary Indulgence under the usual conditions is granted once a month for the daily reading ''.

Pope Pius the Sixth, at Rome, in April, 1778, wrote the following: `` The faithful should be excited to the reading of the Holy Scriptures: For these are the most abundant sources which ought to be left open to everyone, to draw from them purity of morals and of doctrine, to eradicate errors which are so widely disseminated in these corrupt times ''.

The American Bishops assembled at the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore urged the Catholic people to read the Holy Bible.

`` We hope '', they said, `` that no family can be found amongst us without a correct version of the Holy Scriptures ''.

They recommended, also, that `` at a fixed hour, let the entire family be assembled for night prayers, followed by a short reading of the Holy Scriptures ''.