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This very thread is dedicated by RCC advocates to challenge the acceptance of Scripture and the work of God the Holy Spirit in the believer.

They can read Scripture in Latin all they want, but to then criticize other believers for having faith in the Word of God by studying Scripture is absurd and at least lacks faith in what God the Holy Spirit can perform in any believer in faith with Him.

The Scripture readings in the English-speaking Catholic Churches are in English, not Latin.

Also, the Church was founded and functioning before the New Testament was even written, and the Canon of Scripture of the New Testament (list of books in the New Testament) was not decided until the 4th century (by Catholic Church Councils, guided by the Holy Spirit, and accompanied by Jesus Christ Himself, as He promised the Church He would never leave them).

I think most of the Catholics here are saying that they reverantly honor the Holy Scriptures, but that without the guidance and protection that Jesus Christ Himself promised His Church, people would end up interpreting the Scriptures themselves, and you would end up with the 30,000-plus non-Catholic denominations you have today, all teaching different doctrines.

By the way, the Catholic Church teaches only one set of doctrines. (Now, whether all Catholics believe or follow those official doctines of the Church is a completely different question.)