UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS DECREE OF PUBLICATION In accord with the norms established by the Holy See, this English translation of the Book of Psalms and of various Old and New Testament Canticles, titled The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, is published by authority of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The translation of the Psalms in this edition was canonically approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on November 11, 2014, and the translation of Old and New Testament Canticles was canonically approved on June 11, 2015. Both were subsequently confirmed by the Apostolic See by decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on May 3, 2018 (Prot. n. 76/16 and Prot. n. 475/16). The Abbey Psalms and Canticles may be used in the Sacred Liturgy in the dioceses of the United States of America upon publication. Given at the General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, on February 2, 2020, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. XJosé H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Rev. Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield General Secretary
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