Pakistan: A hell for religious minorities
BY ANTO AKKARA “Pakistan is fast becoming a state that will be habitable only for extremists,” according to the Justice...
2011
High-handed own goals
The Catholic Church of our time has been very fortunate in having popes who were exemplary leaders. Pope John XXIII...
Missal 1: Getting ready for new words at Mass
English-speaking Catholics were surprised three years ago to learn that the English translation of the Roman Missal, in use since...
Missal 2: How we got to English
This week’s article on the new missal looks at the context of the decision to develop and use a new...
Missal 3: The tale of two translations
The biggest task facing the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) in 1969 was the translation of the...
Missal 4: What we say at Mass
We are now going to start looking at some of the changes in the new English translation of the Mass...
Missal 5: New prayers for the Eucharist
In Southern Africa, we implemented the new Roman missal’s Phase One the changes that most directly involve the congregation in...
Missal 6: Scripture and the Mass
Phase Three of the new translation process will see the introduction of the new lectionary with its different translation of...
Missal 7: Put the new Missal into action
Over the past six articles we have explored the new English translation of the liturgy of the Holy Mass. The...
