Eminent Jesuit calls on New Zealand to dump new missal translation

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

An eminent theologian has called on New Zealand’s Catholic Church to make a direct appeal to the Pope for permission to scrap the current English translation of the Roman Missal in use in this country.

Fr Gerald O’Collins, SJ, made the call at a gathering of Auckland priests at Waipuna Lodge in Mt Wellington on August 24. Continue reading in NZ Catholic

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