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November 29, 2018

Canadian Catholics to start using new French translation of Our Father

A man walks across the "Rosary Bridge" in 2017 at the shrine of Cap-de-la-Madeleine in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. In Canada, the new French translation of the Our Father takes effect Dec. 2.
QUEBEC CITY – French-speaking Canadians will begin using a new translation of the Our Father Dec. 2.
Published in Canada
September 9, 2017

Pope amends church law on Mass translations, highlights bishops' role

An altar server holds a copy of a Roman Missal during Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., in this 2011 file photo.

MEDELLIN, Colombia - In changes to the Code of Canon Law regarding translations of the Mass and other liturgical texts, Pope Francis highlighted respect for the responsibility of national and regional bishops' conferences.

Published in Faith
October 17, 2014

Bishops’ debate over gays: Lost in translation?

Cardinals Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, Timothy M. Dolan of New York, and Raymond L. Burke, prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, talk as they walk through Paul VI hall before the morning session of the extrao rdinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 16.

VATICAN CITY - The tug-of-war at the Vatican over calls for the Catholic Church to be more open to gays and cohabiting couples intensified Oct. 16 as conservative bishops sought to rein in or renounce draft language they feared might condone lifestyles not in accord with Church teachings.

Published in Faith