Washington D.C., Aug 20, 2010 / 10:12 am
The new English-language translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition has received Vatican approval and will be implemented on the first Sunday of Advent 2011, Cardinal Francis George has announced. One bishop said the new text will enable the “ongoing renewal” of the liturgy in parishes.
Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), announced the Vatican’s approval in an August 20 letter to the U.S. bishops. According to a Friday press release from the USCCB, he issued a proclamation that the use of the third edition of the Roman Missal will begin in U.S. dioceses on Nov. 27, 2011.
“From that date forward, no other edition of the Roman Missal may be used in the dioceses of the United States of America,” the proclamation reads.
“We can now move forward and continue with our important catechetical efforts as we prepare the text for publication,” the cardinal commented.