Editing Roman Missal (section)

== Pope Francis' approach ==
On 9 September 2017 Pope Francis issued the motu proprio ''[[Magnum principium]]'' ("The Great Principle") which allowed local bishops' conferences more authority over translation of liturgical documents. The motu proprio "grants the episcopal conferences the faculty to judge the worth and coherence of one or another phrase in the translations from the original."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-corrects-sarah-liturgical-translations-not-be-imposed-vatican|title=Francis corrects Sarah: Liturgical translations not to be 'imposed' from Vatican|last=McElwee|first=Joshua J.|date=October 22, 2017|website=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=June 14, 2019}}</ref> The role of the Vatican is also modified in accord with the decree of Vatican II,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|title=Sacrosanctum Concilium, 39,40|date=December 4, 1963|access-date=June 14, 2019}}</ref> to confirming texts already prepared by bishops' conferences, rather than "recognition" in the strict sense of Canon Law no. 838.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adoremus.org/2018/01/14/q-current-status-translation-document-liturgiam-authenticam/|title=What is the current status of the translation document Liturgiam Authenticam?|last=Carstens|first=Christopher|date=January 4, 2018|website=Adoremus|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226091021/https://adoremus.org/2018/01/14/q-current-status-translation-document-liturgiam-authenticam/|url-status=dead}}</ref>