Tag: The Tablet
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Defending the 1973 (current) translation
by Fr. Raymond G. Helmick, SJ.
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Letter to The Tablet
from Fr. Philip Endean, SJ (To appear in tomorrow’s Tablet, preprinted with author’s permission.)
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Fears for the Missal
The introduction of the new texts will require hard work for many of us. It will not help if we have to champion a text which is very different from what we were expecting, of such questionable quality, and which seems to have sidelined the bishops’ conference. My fear is that the whole process will…
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Translation roundup
It’s been a long road, folks, and we’re not there yet. 17 years on one revised translation, all for naught, then some ten years on this translation which perhaps isn’t yet finalized.
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New liturgical institute in England
The Institutum Liturgicum has been set up by two Benedictine abbots, Martin Shipperlee of Ealing and Cuthbert Brogan of Farnborough and is the brainchild of Fr. Daniel McCarthy, OSB, and Fr. James Leachman, OSB.
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German bishops resist missal revision
The German bishops are against making any fundamental changes to the present German Missal.
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The Pope’s successful trip
By all accounts, Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to the UK was a rousing success exceeding every expectation. The Scottish bishops are even hoping for an upsurge in priestly vocations.
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Quote of the Day: Reginald Foster
Fr. Foster has been one of the Pope’s Latinists since the 1960s. No one knows Latin like he does. He was asked whether Latin is a sacred language.
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Worship and power
There are problems here about what counts as good translation. There are also serious questions about how authority is being exercised. In some ways, there are overlaps with the clerical-abuse scandal.