Why Are The Words of Consecration Changing?

Here is another video from Jimmy Akin, discussing a specific aspect of the new translation of the Mass:

How is the New Translation of the Mass Different?

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers provides an answer to that question in the following video:

Why is the Mass Changing?

Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers discusses the upcoming changes in the Mass, with the third edition of the Roman Missal, which will be implemented in Advent of this year.

Fr. John Muir explains the new translation of the Mass

This is a great explanatory video about the new translation of the Mass.


Word for Word [Parents] from Life Teen on Vimeo.

This video is targeted to the parents of teens, though really it should be helpful and informative for all English-speaking Catholics. There are also two companion videos targeted specifically to teens, which you can see at the following links:

Word for Word (Teens)
Word for Word (Edge)


(Thanks to Creative Minority Report for finding this video.)

Interview with Cardinal Arinze

Today I am posting an interview of Francis Cardinal Arinze which aired a year or two ago on the Kresta in the Afternoon radio program. Cardinal Arinze is from Nigeria, and is the former head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (a Vatican department which deals with issues regarding the celebration of Mass and of the sacraments). He has his own Facebook page, and he used to have his own podcast.

The interview touches on the recent Year for Priests, the use of modern communication methods for evangelization, and the new English translation of the Mass. Here is the interview, in two parts: