Vatican review of English-language Mass translations picks up speed

Published: 2006-06-02

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's review of English-language Mass translations is picking up speed as bishops' conferences approve liturgical books. The Vox Clara Committee, a body of English-speaking bishops appointed to advise the Vatican on translations, met May 29-June 1 and will meet again in July. The July meeting is likely to focus on reviewing the Order of Mass translations adopted in May by the bishops' conferences of Australia and of England and Wales. Bishops in the United States will be asked to approve the translation during their June 15-17 meeting in Los Angeles. The Order of Mass contains the prayers recited every day at Mass, including prayers for the penitential rite, the Gloria and the creed and the four main eucharistic prayers; it does not include the Scripture readings or the prayers that are specific to a certain Sunday or feast day.

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