English-speaking bishops hopeful on progress of ICEL dialogue

Published: 2003-10-24

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Daylong discussions with Vatican officials left the presidents of English-speaking bishops' conferences confident that future work on preparing liturgical translations would proceed without the confusion and delays that marked the work in the past. About 40 presidents of conferences and officials from the International Commission on English in the Liturgy met Oct. 23 with Cardinal Francis Arinze, who was appointed president of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments a year ago. South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of Durban said, "Everyone was very satisfied" with the dialogue at the meeting, with the Vatican's clarifications of the roles of the various bodies involved in developing and approving English liturgical translations and with plans for the future."

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