Missa pro custodia creationis - ‘working’ translations

With the Motu Proprio “Magnum Principium” (3 September 2017) Pope Francis amended Canon 838 of the Code of Canon Law. In § 3 it reads: “It pertains to the Episcopal Conferences to faithfully prepare versions of the liturgical books in vernacular languages, suitably accommodated within defined limits, and to approve and publish the liturgical books for the regions for which they are responsible after the confirmation of the Apostolic See”. 

The “working translations” of the Missa pro custodia creationis presented here are in no way intended to replace the individual Bishops’ Conferences in their responsibility for the translation of liturgical texts and may be freely adapted; they simply seek to offer assistance in facilitating the work of translation, with a view to their possible use on the next “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” (1 September 2025). 

Once the translated texts have been approved by the individual Conferences, they must receive the confirmatio of this Dicastery.