Pope Francis has issued a public correction to an article by Cardinal Robert Sarah about the changes the Pope has made to the way liturgical texts are to be translated from the original Latin into local languages. Sarah, a 72-year-old Guinean is the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Read more
During their recent meeting in Wellington, the New Zealand Catholic bishops discussed Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio ‘Magnum Principium’ (the great principle) which lays out the procedure for preparing translations of liturgical texts from Latin into local languages. They say they will be working in collaboration with English speaking Bishops’ Conferences around the world as they Read more
Deacon Bill Ditewig writes “with respect, although with an obvious and unapologetic sense of intellectual frustration” about ‘tendency of some commentators, to refer to the 1962 editio typica of the Missale Romanum as the Mass of St. John XXIII. He says while in may be a simple error of fact, it does seem, that this Read more
The first liturgical texts have been approved for worldwide use by the personal ordinariates for former Anglicans now in communion with the Catholic Church. The Order for Funerals and the Order for the Celebration of Holy Matrimony were promulgated by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the sacraments. They are to be Read more