Recently added to this website is a Guide for Composers. Musical settings of missal texts must receive an imprimatur from the Bishops' Conference in whose territory they first seek to publish. This document offers information for those who seek to...

On behalf of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland Bishop Toal writes, NOTIFICATION ON POSTURES DURING THE CELEBRATION OF MASS IN SCOTLAND. With the introduction of the new English translation of the Roman Missal approaching the Bishops of Scotland ...

"By now you will be aware that from the First Sunday of Advent, a new Missal will grace our altars, the text of which will, in some instances, be unfamiliar. This new Missal contains new translations into English of the original Latin texts. ...

At a catechesis I attended during the recent World Youth Day Archbishop Robert Rivas from the Caribbean described himself as a Missionary Bishop. In explaining what he meant he told how his appointment as a bishop to a small group of poor scattere...

"For towards the end of this year, a revised English translation of the Roman Missal will come into use throughout the English speaking world and in all the dioceses and parishes of Scotland. The Roman Missal is the book in which is contained t...

In his address to the Bishops of Scotland, England and Wales at the end of his Visit to the UK Pope Benedict XVI drew our attention to the imminent publication of the new English translation of the Roman Missal. In doing so he thanked all the bish...