CLAYTON, N.C. -- English-speaking Roman Catholics who have regularly attended Mass for years found themselves in an unfamiliar position Sunday, needing printed cards or sheets of paper to follow along ...

SPRINGFIELD—"The Lord be with you," the priest will still say in the greeting at Mass. But the people's response will now be "and with your spirit," not "and also with you." So will begin the changes ...

Translations of the Lord’s Prayer are currently the subject of lively debate among Roman Catholics. The French recently updated theirs, and the Italians plan to adopt a new version later this year, ...

Regarding “New Mass Translation: Not Stalled, But No Final Text Yet,” Sept. 5-11: Msgr. Sherman is right to guard against sentimental attachments to the new English translation of the Mass since, as ...

Paris (RNS) — Welcome to the confusing world of Catholic translations, where linguistics, theology, ecumenism and power politics clash despite the church’s claim to universalism. PARIS (RNS) — The ...

JOHANNESBURG — A new translation of the Roman Catholic Mass that is to be introduced worldwide in a few years is getting an accidental trial run in South Africa, where some parishioners are ...

A panel of liturgical experts recently noted that the early weeks of using the new English translation of the Roman Missal should be an occasion for Catholics to grow deeper in their understanding of ...

WASHINGTON — Five proposed translations of liturgical texts failed to garner the votes required for approval during the U.S. bishops’ June meeting. But a poll of absent bishops may well produce the ...

A German Catholic publishing house has begun work on the preparation of a new edition of the Bible, using for the Old Testament portion a translation into German by Martin Buber, leading Israeli ...