The Italian bishops’ conference voted recently to approve a change to the translation of the Our Father used in the official Italian edition of the Roman Missal (Novus Ordo Missae). If the Italian bishops’ decision is approved by the Vatican, then soon the prayer will no longer be recited liturgically with the words, non indurci in tentazione (“lead us not into temptation”). The Third Edition of the Missal used for the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite will read in Italian, non abbandonarci alla tentazione (“do not abandon us to temptation”).
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In Italy, the Our Father is being re-translated - and not everyone is convinced
the italian bishops’ conference voted recently to approve a change to the translation of the our father used in the official italian edition...
Christopher R. Altieri
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