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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops competed work on the new translation of the Roman Missal ahead of its end of November Vatican deadline today with overwhelming votes of approval, easily overcoming the two-thirds threshold on each vote. Now, the translation goes to the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments for the final approval.

Even though the earliest date the new translations would go into affect would not be before 2011, bishops were urged to prepare their dioceses now for the changes. Cardinal Francis George, the conference president, said that with the changes ”there is a tremendous moment of religious renewal that is possible now.” There’s more at Zenit.org.