BALTIMORE, Maryland, NOV. 17, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops’ conference completed its approval of the final portions of the new translation of the Roman Missal for use in its country. It now awaits the Vatican’s confirmation.
Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, New Jersey, chairman of the Committee on Divine Worship, explained today before the vote that this was the conference’s last chance to send its recommendations to the Holy See. The Vatican has asked for the submission of all (name removed by moderator)ut by the end of this month.
The translation has been in progress for the past six years, and the conference has been gradually voting on the various parts of it in their assemblies.
The translation of the Proper of Saints, the Mass prayers for the feast days of saints, was approved by 195 prelates, with 23 opposing and 4 abstaining, thereby winning the necessary two-thirds of the conference’s bishops.
The Roman Missal Supplement translation, with extra material added in the 2008 reprint of the Missale Romanum, was also approved by a vote of 203 to 15, with 3 abstentions.
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