{"id":8750,"date":"2011-04-05T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2011-04-06T11:52:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T16:52:15","slug":"abuse-of-language-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/05\/abuse-of-language-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie\/2011\/04\/article-by-angela-hanley-on-the-new-liturgical-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power<\/a>&#8221; by Angela Hanley, reprinted with permission from <em>Doctrine &amp; Life<\/em>, Vol. 61 No.4 (April 2011) at the website of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of Catholic Priests <\/a>in Ireland, is a scathing critique of the forthcoming translation as a betrayal of the fundamental teachings of the Second Vatican Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Angela Hanley<br \/>\n\u201cThe \u2018new translation\u2019 of the Roman missal \u2026 is yet another manifestation of the scourge of our Church \u2013 the untrammeled abuse of power. 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