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London, England, Sep 4, 2017 \/ 12:44 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Vatican has approved a decision from the Catholic bishops in England and Wales to move two Holy Days of Obligation back to their original dates. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Effective starting on December 3, the first Sunday of Advent of this year, the Catholic dioceses in England and Wales will celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord on January 6, and the Ascension of the Lord on the Thursday after the 6th Sunday of Easter.<\/p>\n

The celebration of Epiphany will be moved to the adjacent Sunday when it falls on a Saturday or Monday, per a norm established by the Bishop\u2019s Conference of England and Wales in 1984.<\/p>\n

The decision was recently announced in a decree from the Catholic Bishop\u2019s Conference of England and Wales, signed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Bishops\u2019 Conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2006, the Bishops\u2019 Conference decreed that the Solemnities of the Epiphany of the Lord, the Ascension of the Lord and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) be transferred to Sunday in accord with the Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar 7,\u201d Cardinal Nichols said in the decree.<\/p>\n

The idea to move the celebrations of the Epiphany and the Ascension of the Lord back to their original dates came after \u201c(h)aving considered further the significance and observance of Holy Days of Obligation, in accordance with canon 1246,\u201d the decree notes.<\/p>\n

According to the decree, the decision of the bishops was reached during the November 2016 Plenary Assembly of the Bishop\u2019s Conference of England and Wales. It was then submitted to the Apostolic See for approval, in accord with canon 1246.<\/p>\n

The Bishops\u2019 Conference received official approval of the move in a decree from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, signed by Cardinal Robert Sarah, the prefect for that Congregation.<\/p>\n

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi will still be transferred to Sunday, according to the 2006 decision.<\/p>\n

More information about the Holy Days of Obligation and their dates can be found on the website of the Liturgy Office for the Bishop\u2019s Conference of England and Wales: http:\/\/www.liturgyoffice.org.uk\/Calendar\/Holydays.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

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