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Vatican makes vernacular Kannada main language in Bangalore churches


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Bangalore, APril 21, 2015: Vatican’s Congregation for Evangelization of People has asked parishes under Bangalore archdiocese to encourage Mass and services in Kannada saying the main language of the Churches in the state should be Kannada.

kannada in bangalore diocese"The principal language of the Archdiocese is Kannada, as stated in the Pastoral Handbook of the Archdiocese (2009)," it said in a directive.

It also asked parishes to encourage Mass and services in Kannada and introduce it wherever it doesn’t exist.  The directive ends a 40-year-old dispute over the primacy over language between migrant Tamil Catholics and the local Kannada Catholics.

Tamil speakers constitute a considerable section of the Catholic community in Karnataka. Differences have often cropped up over the language of the church — Kannada or Tamil — especially during Christmas and Easter midnight Mass.  The Vatican also issued a directive that while scheduling Mass, Kannada Mass should be given prime time. The Archbishop of Bengaluru communicated the Vatican’s 10 directives to all parishes. Mass that can’t be duplicated — such as ordination — will be held in Kannada.

The Vatican also said that considering the cosmopolitan nature of the city and English being a universal language, it should be used for liturgy in all parishes, especially in the city and semi-urban parishes.  Mass that can’t be duplicated such as ordination, Chrism Mass and Jubilee, which are presided over by the archbishop, will be held in Kannada.

Archbishop Bernard Moras said churches will continue to have multilingual services.

"Each parish will conduct a study and make a profile of its community. Based on that, the schedule of the Mass and language to be used will be fixed, making unique schedules for each parish based on their linguistic composition," he said.

The proposal from the church should specify the preferred language for the First Holy Communion, first Friday, confirmation and parish feast Mass among other things. However, marriages and funerals should be in the language of choice of the parties concerned.

The Vatican has underlined that "all issues should be solved in a cordial atmosphere with mutual respect, openness, dialogue and in consultation".


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