Unfortunately, in the attempt to “do the right thing” liturgical values and priorities are not being respected.
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Explainer: What Is Happening with the RCIA?
A step by step description of the process of bringing about a new translation and edition of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults for the USA.
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U.S. Bishops Prepare to Vote on New Translation of the RCIA
With respect to the Christian Initiation of Adults, we are seeing an approach to translation of liturgical texts that is strikingly different from the path taken in the translation of the Missal.
Read moreUSCCB: Archbishop Blair and Bishop Ricken up for Liturgy Committee Chair UPDATED 11-14
UPDATE 11-14: Archbishop Blair was elected today. At the meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) taking place this November 12-14 in Baltimore, a chairman-elect
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What translation guidelines for official vernacular versions of Roman Rite liturgical texts in English are presently in force?
What new sets of guidelines might we expect, who would formulate them, and what do the bishops’ conferences want to do with the translations guided by Liturgicam Authenticam?
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New Text of Infant Baptismal Rite Approved
The vote passed with the needed two-thirds majority. 23 voted against the new text. 3 abstained.
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Parolin to Preside at USCCB Centenary Mass
Will the American bishops discuss Pope Francis’s motu proprio, Magnum principium, at their upcoming meeting?
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Archbishop Gregory “Warmly Welcomes” Pope’s Translation Actions
“These are a very helpful set of guidelines…”
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An Issue for Future Liturgical Translation (I): Correcting Already-Approved Mistranslations
How does a territorial bishops’ conference identify and correct mistranslations that appear in texts that have already been approved for use by the conference and confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments?
Read moreGerman-speaking bishops move to take control over liturgical translations
Cardinal Reinhard Marx says Liturgiam authenticam, the rules for translation the Vatican issued in 2001, was a “dead end”. But thanks to a recent decision
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