Pope Francis changes Lord’s Prayer: Head of Catholic church changes ‘lead us not into temptation’ line
Pope Francis has officially changed the translation of a line in the Lord’s Prayer. ( AFP/Getty Images )
The translation of a line in the Lord’s Prayer has been changed by The Pope after he signalled he was frustrated that it implies God might lead people into temptation.
Pope Francis approved altering the translation of the line “and lead us not into temptation” to “do not let us fall into temptation.”
The revised line will appear in the third edition of the Messale Ramano after it was approved on May 22nd during the General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, UCatholic reports.
The Pope has previously told Italian TV that the new translation was already being used by the Catholic Church because the original translation implies God leads humans to sin.
“Do not let me fall into temptation because it is I who fall, it is not God who throws me into temptation and then sees how I fell,” he told TV2000, an Italian Catholic TV channel in 2017.
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“A father does not do that, a father helps you to get up immediately.”
A line in The Gloria will also change in the third edition from “Peace on earth to people of good will” to “Peace on Earth to people beloved by God.”