Interesting. This is the first I've learned of a new Roman Catholic liturgy. The new English does seem closer to the original Latin. There will be resistance, of course - my father has told me of his own reluctance to embrace the Mass said in the vernacular as opposed to Latin (he was about my age when that switchover took place).
I have attended a Latin Mass. I was a high school student, studying Latin, and a practicing Catholic at the time. The parish apparently had a dispensation from the Vatican to celebrate one of their Sunday Masses in Latin each week. WHOA. It was a beautiful service. And it was nice to be able to get away with saying "pax vobiscum" rather than trying to figure out on the fly what the German translation for "peace be with you" might be.
(I was in Vienna.)
IMO, I'd love to see certain prayers (e.g. the Lord's Prayer) said in Latin, just as the Reform Jewish services I attend have the major prayers said in Hebrew while others are in English. But whatever. I'm no longer a Catholic, never mind part of the Church hierarchy, so I don't exactly get a say.
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