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The former archbishop of Tokyo, Takeo Okada, has\u00a0issued an open letter<\/a>\u00a0giving his critical thoughts about the Roman Curia, UCA News <\/em>reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archbishop Okada says that the Roman Curia has not served, and even has hindered the Japanese church in the areas of inculturation, decentralization and spiritualization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pray Tell<\/em> readers will be interested in the archbishop’s comments on inculturation of the liturgy. He complains that: \u201cthe new version of the General Instruction of the Roman Mass will result in the cancellation of some cases of adaptation which were previously permitted to the Bishops\u2019 Conference of Japan.\u201d The bishops \u201csent our new alternative plan to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments some years ago,\u201d but, \u201cuntil now we have had no response from the congregation.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former archbishop of Tokyo, Takeo Okada, has\u00a0issued an open letter\u00a0giving his critical thoughts about the Roman Curia, UCA News reports. Archbishop Okada says that the Roman Curia has not served, and even has hindered the Japanese church in the areas of inculturation, decentralization and spiritualization. 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