The New Zealand Bishops’ Conference has made it clear that only the officially approved new missal may be used for the celebration of the liturgy in churches in New Zealand. Having been made aware of the fact that a spiral bound version of the new missal has been published by the Catholic Publications Centre (CPC), Read more
Addressing the German bishops in his native tongue, Pope Benedict clarified recently that on consecrating the wine at liturgy priests are to use the phrase “for many”. Benedict’s message, in German, was delivered to once and for all end a reportedly underground dispute amongst Germany’s bishops. On the weekend, Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi SJ, Read more
Pope Benedict XVI has personally written to the head of the German bishops’ conference to change the text of the Mass to say that Christ died “for many” rather than “for all”. The Pope said he was writing “to avoid a split” in the Church after Zollitsch told him during a March visit that “the Read more
The Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand has asked people to keep an open mind about the new English Translation of the Roman Missal. “There are some critics of the new translation,” he says “let’s prayerfully keep a perspective on the changes and an open mind that this is, as we have been saying for a Read more
The late arrival of the new Missal in New Zealand means the opportunity to use the full new translation of the Mass has been somewhat limited. Last Sunday, I celebrated Mass in a semi-private setting. Before going public, I wanted to try out the new translation of the Mass using our brand new Missal. This Read more
The new Roman Missal has arrived in the Auckland Diocese and is being distributed to parishes this week , with additional copies available from the bishop’s office. In his Clergy Newsletter for March Bishop Dunn says “The present (blue) CPC edition of Prayers of the Mass expires 31 March. It will not be replaced immediately, so Read more
The new Roman Missal will be delivered to each of the New Zealand dioceses this week. They will then be distributed to parishes as soon as possible. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has not set a day for national implementation of the new Roman Missal as yet, but they will be soon be informing Read more
As the English-speaking world began using the new translation of the Mass, there is still no sign of when New Zealand will have its re-printed Roman Missals. As reported in CathNews on November 11, a technical flaw in the printing process means the missal’s introduction to New Zealand is delayed. The Bishops’ November 9 letter Read more
In many places in the Pacific, especially when there is a multiplicity of local languages, English is used in the liturgy as well as the local language. The introduction of the new translation in such places provides a number of challenges. The new translation has already been introduced Fiji but in Papua New Guinea some Read more
A technical flaw in the printing process has led to a delay in the distribution of the new Missal in New Zealand. The new translation of the Mass was scheduled for the first Sunday in Advent but has been postponed and the Bishops have advised people to continue to use the format of the Mass introduced last year Read more