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Is the Virus a Chastisement From God? “La Civiltà Cattolica” Says No ”Prophets of doom.” This is how “La Civiltà Cattolica” - the magazine of the Rome Jesuits that goes to press after having been seen and approved by the pope - defines and dismisses those among the Catholics who are claiming that the coronavirus pandemic is “a punishment from God, enraged against a sinful world.”It has done so in its latest issue, under the byline of a  Jesuit of the first rank, David M. Neuhaus, professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Jerusalem, born Jewish, a citizen of Israel...

Surpassing All Expectations . . . The New Missal Translation Is A Spectacular Success By JEFFREY TUCKERAs much time as I had spent reading the new translation of the missal, looking over the differences with the old translation, even saying the new prayers aloud and writing extensively about them, nothing could have prepared me for what I experienced on the First Sunday of Advent.The experience was beyond anything I believed would come in my lifetime. I found myself nearly overcome with a kind of controlled glee from the beginning of the Mass until the end.The changes are few compared with...

GUIDELINES FOR THE PUBLICATION OF LITURGICAL BOOKS Committee on Divine Worship TABLE OF CONTENTS Guidelines for the Publication of Liturgical Books Introduction (nos. 1-12)…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 A. Approved Liturgical Books (nos. 13-26)………………………………………………………….………. 4 B. Other Liturgical Publications (nos. 27-32)……………………………………………………………….. 5 C. Participation Materials (nos. 33-44)……………………………………………………….……………….. 6 Appendix I: Editorial Requirements for Granting the Concordat cum originali……………………… 9 Appendix II: Guidelines for the Publication of Participation Aids Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 Approval of the Secretariat of Divine Worship………………………………………………………….. 11 Order of Mass In General…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Introductory Rites……………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Liturgy of the Word……………………………………………………………………………………… 13 Liturgy of the Eucharist………………………………………………………………………………… 14 Concluding Rite………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16 Other Questions Guidelines...

Holy See to Facilitate Expeditious Approval for the Roman Missal(from the February 2009 Newsletter – © 2009 USCCB)The Committee on Divine Worship, at its November 2008 meeting, indicated that the USCCB would complete its review and approval of the texts of the third edition of the Roman Missal by the end of 2010, and noted that once the recognitio was issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, publishers would need as much as one year to prepare, publish, and distribute the Roman Missal for use in parishes. On December 15, Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.,...

The New Missal - Historic Moment in Liturgical Renewal t | t | t | tby Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D In May 2002, the publication of the Missale Romanum marked an historic moment in the life of the Church in our day. It gave an impetus to the great liturgical renewal set in motion when Vatican II issued Sacrosanctum Concilium as its first document. With Vatican II, began … the great work of renewal of the liturgical books of the Roman Rite. [This] … work … included their translation into vernacular languages, with the purpose of bringing...