Italian to English Art/Literary Religion

I'm translating a chart (within a book) showing changes to the Rite of Consecration of Virgins, from the pre-conciliar (pre-Vatican II) rite to the post conciliar rite. The chart has three columns: the left shows a part of the rite, the middle column, where my term appears, indicates whether this part has been either "kept", "modified", "eliminated", and then explains that in greater detail. The third column doesn't interest us.

So the middle column first says, with a single word, capitalized and in italics, either "Mantiene." or "Modifica." or "Elimina." With a period after it, just as I've typed here. Then it gives a sentence that seems to flow grammatically from the 'single-word sentence' that precedes it. For example:

"Mantiene. L’antica e immutata
tradizione che il presidente è il
Vescovo."

or again (regarding the recipients of the rite):

"Ripristina. Ora anche le
viventi nel mondo."

Or again (regarding the pre-rite ceremonies):

"Modifica. Il tenore dell’incontro
della vergine col vescovo prima
della celebrazione: [...]"

This breaking up of the sentence works fine in Italian, because you can have a verb without stating the subject explicitly. But not so in English. It seems weird for me to write:

"It maintains. The ancient and unchanged tradition that the presider is the bishop."

Perhaps I could write:

"Maintains the ancient and unchanged tradition that the presider is the bishop." (Putting "Maintains" in italics).

What do you think? And so the second and third examples would be: "Restores the rite to now include virgins living in the world" (with "Restores" in italics), and "Modifies the tenor of the encounter..." It seems to work. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Peter