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The Holy Father has shifted the responsibility of liturgical translations from a Vatican department back to national Conferences of Bishops. Thus he has reaffirmed the teaching of the Second Vatican Council which states that it is local groupings of bishops who oversee then approve translations into the\u00a0language of the land, before seeking final acceptance of this work by the Holy See.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) gratefully welcomes this directive from Pope Francis. We appreciate the bold step he has taken to ensure translations of liturgical texts\u00a0are of the highest standard.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has stated that three principles should guide the work of liturgical translation: fidelity to the original text; fidelity to the particular language into which it is being translated; and, a commitment to the intelligibility of the text. Therefore respect for a language\u2019s own syntax, structure, and turns of phrase are to be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>Like many priests and parishioners, we share in the frustration concerning some aspects of the current translation of the Roman Missal and we reiterate our desire for beauty, comprehensibility and participation in and through the sacred liturgy.<\/p>\n<p>We will be working in collaboration with English speaking Bishops\u2019 Conferences around the world, as we seek to explore prudently and patiently the possibility of an alternative translation of the Roman Missal and the review of other liturgical texts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2720 Patrick Dunn, Bishop of Auckland and NZCBC President<\/p>\n<p>\u2720 Charles Drennan, Bishop of Palmerston North and NZCBC Secretary<\/p>\n<p>\u2720 John Dew, Cardinal Archbishop of Wellington<\/p>\n<p>\u2720 Steve Lowe, Bishop of Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>Rev Michael Dooley, Vicar General, Diocese of Dunedin<\/p>\n<p>Rev Rick Loughnan, Diocesan Administrator, Diocese of Christchurch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The New Zealand Conference of Catholic Bishops was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzcatholic.org.nz\/2017\/03\/21\/nz-bishops-pleased-that-liturgy-translation-document-to-be-reviewed\/\">early supporter<\/a> of Pope Francis\u2019s initiative in undertaking a review of <em>Liturgiam authenticam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many priests and parishioners, we share in the frustration concerning some aspects of the current translation of the Roman Missal and we reiterate our desire for beauty, comprehensibility and participation in and through the sacred liturgy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":39409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3116,7,24],"tags":[297,169],"class_list":["post-39404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","category-announcements","category-translation-new-missal","tag-new-zealand","tag-translation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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