“Liturgical inculturation will certainly benefit from this measure regarding translation, intended to infuse new blood into the Church’s patrimony of prayer.”
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Category: CDW / Holy See
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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Reports Concerning Supposed “Ecumenical Mass” Are “Utterly False” Vatican Says
An anonymously sourced story being spread since March of this year, and recently reported in First Things, has been debunked.
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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?
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On Things Liturgical, The Gap Between Francis and Cardinal Sarah Just Got Wider
In the Cardinal’s understanding, Rome retains the right to impose texts upon conferences.
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Silent Canon? A Clarification on Cardinal Sarah’s Comment
The Eucharistic prayer does not seem to be an appropriate place to introduce reflective silence, especially since these texts are so rich in content!
Read moreCircular letter to Bishops on the bread and wine for the Eucharist
” It is for the Bishop as principal dispenser of the mysteries of God, moderator, promoter and guardian of the liturgical life in the Church entrusted to his care (Cf. CIC can. 835 § 1), to watch over the quality of the bread and wine to be used at the Eucharist.”
Read moreNotes on the Committee to Revise Liturgiam Authenticam
The task, the people, and the limitations to what we can expect.
Read moreWho Is on the Commission to Revise Liturgiam Authenticam
A leaked list of members of the Vatican commission to revise Liturgiam authenticam has appeared. It represents a wide range of opinions on questions of liturgy, translation, reform, and church.
Read moreWho Cares about Liturgy?
I think this notion that “Pope Francis doesn’t care about liturgy” needs to be revised. He cares; he just has not acted in the way many people expect a person who “cares about liturgy” to act.
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