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Liturgiam Authenticam: Fifth Instruction for the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is responsible for upholding the Church’s traditions, teachings, and disciplines concerning the Sacraments—especially as they are performed through the Mass and the liturgy of the Church. These documents, authored by the same Congregation, uphold the Second Vatican Council’s teachings and explain how to intregrate them...

Consideration should also be given to including in the vernacular editions at least some texts in the Latin language, especially those from the priceless treasury of Gregorian chant, which the Church recognizes as proper to the Roman Liturgy, and which, all other things being equal, is to be given pride of place in liturgical celebrations.28 Such chant, indeed, has a great power to lift the human spirit to heavenly realities. 29. It is the task of the homily and of catechesis to set forth the meaning