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...vote by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Thursday to approve (with some exceptions) a new English translation of the daily Mass may seem like a minor piece of religious linguistic business. But in reality, it amounts to the swallowing of some very bitter medicine administered by the Vatican. Or, perhaps, it could be better described as part of a slow-motion kick in the bishops' teeth, with repercussions for all English-speaking believers...
...could say it's over-translated. The Church's second Vatican Council of 1962-65 decreed that every Catholic should be able to experience the Mass in his or her own language, in addition to Latin. The Church produced an initial English version, which everyone agreed would have to be refined; and the bishops from the world's English-speaking dioceses appointed an expert committee that completed most of the job in the 1980s - or at least that's what most of its participants thought...
...They had attempted to take Vatican II at the Church's word, understanding its call for "full, conscious and active" liturgical participation by the faithful to suggest a Mass that people could truly understand and relate to. As a result, they developed a text based on "dynamic equivalency" to the Latin rather than word-for-word translation - in other words, a version that honored the spirit as well as the letter of the text. Among their changes was a replacement of some of the hes with more inclusive gender language...
...However, under John Paul II inclusive language fell out of favor, and dynamism took a backseat to strict construction. In 1998, to the bishops' immense frustration, the Vatican refused to accept their version. Although angered at the rebuff, the translation committee went back to the drawing board, and eventually came up with the Mass that was voted on yesterday...
...considered him gifted not only in the sciences but also in the humanities, social services, and theology. After graduating from college, Ty received a Kennedy Sheldon Fellowship, which allowed him to study moral theology and philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. In the Vatican, he met his future wife, Robin Crotty, and together they founded Fiat Productions, a Catholic theater Company. Ty’s involvement in religion was also coupled with a commitment to charity. Ty met Priest Chaplain Bruce Teague when he interned at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. When his internship...