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  • Anthony Ruff resigns

    February 7 2011
    Joseph O'Leary

    The bishops are the ones primarily responsible for liturgy in their dioceses. The US bishops have ignored voices like Fr Ruff's before; they virtually mocked at their own Bp Trautman. Being an "expert

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  • Scripture Scholar Ciaran O’Callaghan on “for many”

    February 7 2011
    Joseph O'Leary

    Fr Vincent Twomey in today's Irish Times says that the new translation will be "for the many" -- which is close to the French "pour la multitude"; but unless this is a last-minute change, it seems tha

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  • Anthony Ruff resigns

    February 7 2011
    Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh

    I wish to thank Anthony Ruff, O.S.B. for his courage in making it clear to the American Bishops, that the new literal translation from Latin to English, is not a translation that should be accepted fo

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    william mccartney

    The phrase "for many" rather than "for all" surely echos the Calvinist theology of limited atonement in that Christ died to puchase the salvation of His elect. I am more and more convinced that the p

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    Dave

    Apologies for the jumbled mixture of thoughts that follow - it's a bit of a stream of consciousness! I am a Catholic who only very rarely attends Mass. Nonetheless, and perhaps surprisingly, I am ver

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    john

    Couple of comments, the first being WHY is it being changed in the first place? Have there been years of complaints about the current form? Or is the simply that a bureaucracy (that is what the church

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh

    I applaud the Association of Catholic Priests of Ireland, for having the courage to make a stand, in regard to the awkwardness of the new translation of the Roman Missal. I have had 4 years of Latin

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    Colin Thomson

    I welcome your article on the proposed new translation of the Missal. In the article, I perceive signs of renewal in the church. You have presented an important topic and clearly articulated, even d

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    Ri Weal

    I'm really disappointed by the personal attacks made on the priests who are protesting the new translation - how does that advance any debate? In response to Gabriel Burke, I'm in New Zealand, havin

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  • Press Conference on New Liturgical Texts

    February 3 2011
    Fr Gabriel Burke

    I started using the New Translation January 2010. I have not experience an negativity from the laity. In fact practically all comments are positive. The most positive coming from women. This makes Mon

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