THIS edition, however, will be a very welcome udpate. I found it to be eminently readable, and a fine approved Catholic alternative to the Message. I was really impressed by the Catholic Living Bible from the 1970s in my research for last year's Catholic Bible taxonomy post (). It's just a Bible translation for personal devotion and study.

Nothing in the release states it's being proposed as a lectionary in Indian parishes. Notice that not even the Indian bishops are doing that. Our bishops would need to weigh in before it could be adopted as a LITURGICAL text in American worship. If the USCCB had to approve any Catholic Bible sold in the U.S., we wouldn't have access to things like Knox, the catholic Good News Translation, the original Catholic Living Bible, or even the RSV-CE or Jerusalem Bibles. If I understand correctly, once a Bible receives the approval of a bishops' conference anywhere in the world (or the Holy See), it is therefore approved for personal use and study by any Catholic. As I understand it, no the USCCB doesn't need to give it an imprimatur to sell in the U.S.

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