'Catholic American Bible' gets green light from U.S. bishops
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null / Credit: joshimerbin/ShutterstockWashington, D.C., Nov 12, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA).The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a new translation of the Bible, which will be used for personal Bibles, the lectionary at Mass, and the text in the Liturgy of the Hours.Bishop Steven Lopes, chair of the Committee on Divine Worship, announced the translation will be called the "Catholic American Bible." The translation for personal Bibles and the Liturgy of the Hours will be available on Ash Wednesday in 2027.The bishops have not announced when the revised lectionaries will be available.The USCCB also approved a Spanish-language translation of the New Testament, the Biblia de la Iglesia en América, which will be available on Ash Wednesday in 2026.Lopes made the announcement during the USCCB's Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11.According to Ascension Press, one of the publishers of the translation, the Catholic American Bible has a modified translati...
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Washington, D.C., Nov 12, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a new translation of the Bible, which will be used for personal Bibles, the lectionary at Mass, and the text in the Liturgy of the Hours.
Bishop Steven Lopes, chair of the Committee on Divine Worship, announced the translation will be called the "Catholic American Bible." The translation for personal Bibles and the Liturgy of the Hours will be available on Ash Wednesday in 2027.
The bishops have not announced when the revised lectionaries will be available.
The USCCB also approved a Spanish-language translation of the New Testament, the Biblia de la Iglesia en América, which will be available on Ash Wednesday in 2026.
Lopes made the announcement during the USCCB's Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11.
According to Ascension Press, one of the publishers of the translation, the Catholic American Bible has a modified translation of the Old Testament from the New American Bible Revised Edition. It will replace the current translation of the Book of Psalms with The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, which was translated by monks at Conception Abbey in Missouri.
The new translation will also include a revised New Testament.
U.S. bishops also approved a new edition of the Roman Pontifical, which is the liturgical book for pontifical Masses, which can only be celebrated by bishops. It is expected to be ready in 2027. The bishops are still awaiting Vatican approval for two of the five pontifical rites, but approval is anticipated in December.
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