Category: Translation / New Missal
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Do the baptized have any rights to the liturgy of the Church?
All Catholics have, at all times, the right to receive what the Church wishes to give them. By indicating it may support priests in boycotts [of the new translation], the NCPA now appears unable to deny that it or some of its members will effectively encourage a program of disenfranchising ordinary Catholics of their Baptismal…
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A bishop replies to Fr. Endean SJ
“The long-standing debate has focused too narrowly on the work of translating. One thing is the role of translators (who by now have carefully and conscientiously done their job), and another is the role of the presiding and other ministers.” – Bishop Cullinane, New Zealand
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Missal translation directory
Are you new to the translation controversy, or new to Pray Tell? Do you need some help navigating through the mire of it all? Pray Tell is here to help.
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New translation: What a mistake!
“I just cannot imagine how anyone in the English speaking world with a modicum of literary or sonant intelligence could accept it.” – Fr. Lar O’Connor, letter to The Irish Catholic.
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April issue of Adoremus
The April edition of Adoremus, edited by Helen Hull Hitchcock, is available online.
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Questions about the new liturgy
I should make it clear that I am in favor of the new liturgy and think it will be an improvement. However, I have been looking through the prayers in the new translation of the liturgy and I have to say I am disappointed.
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3/28 Press Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests
While some priests may welcome the new texts, it is clear that others will resist them, while many, maybe the majority, will accept them with a sense of resignation and without enthusiasm.
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“Central authority of the Church far removed from the spirit of Vatican II”
“It is difficult to avoid a sense of disappointment over the decision to introduce the new English translation of the Roman Missal later this year.” – Fr. Tom Jordan, OP
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What if we just said ‘Pray’?
I sincerely believe that the majority of Catholics, like me, actually welcome the “reform of the reform,” we applaud the bishops for their work on the new translation and we want to encourage them as they attempt to shepherd the faithful more deeply into the Sacred Mysteries being celebrated at Holy Mass. – Louie Verrecchio