One profoundly important aspect of the Pope’s visit, one nevertheless hardly spoken of yet, is that for its central event, the beatification Mass, texts from the resonant and accurate new English translation of the Mass will be used for the first time.
It may be safely surmised that the impulse behind the decision to use these texts on this supremely important occasion came from Rome, not the English bishops. Ever since Pope John Paul II published Liturgiam Authenticam in 2001, Rome has been driving the new translation through against the resistance of far too many English-speaking bishops (who have, of course, been backed in this by the Tablet).
