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Actally he did that. Turns out even in the Vatican, most clergy aren't completely comfortable in conversational Latin. Even though the church official docs are

by wenc 3y ago

Actally he did that. Turns out even in the Vatican, most clergy aren't completely comfortable in conversational Latin. Even though the church official docs are still in Latin, Vatican residents speak Italian and English in daily life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhEzP0b-Wo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhEzP0b-Wo

kelsolaar 3y ago
Speaking is not mandatory since 1960 in Vatican from the video.
cbm-vic-20 3y ago
Until recently, the Vatican web site would display in Latin if "Accept-Laguage: la" appeared in the request headers, but now the language has to be manually selected. Google will display in Latin if the header is set (though it seems like Italian to me). Wikipedia has many pages translated to Latin, but it also doesn't seem to use the Accept-Language header. https://www.vatican.va/latin/popes_latin/franciscus/latin_hf_fr.html https://www.vatican.va/latin/popes_latin/franciscus/latin_hf... https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia
NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
It also turns out that most official Church documents are not authored in Latin at all. Often, the "reference language" for Papal documents will be Italian, or another common language. Spanish is quite popular, of course, with the (ethnic Italian) Argentinian Pope Francis. It was, of course, quite fitting that Pope Pius XI should write Mit brennender Sorge entirely in German, considering his audience at the time. However, there are two very important holdouts in this regard, and those are the sacred liturgy and Canon Law. The only definitive editions of the Roman Missal and the Code of Canon Law are the originals in Latin. Every other edition is translated from these master editions. It's a very important thing to remember for canonists attempting to interpret the law, that they should keep in mind Latin words, phrasing, and the implied meanings, not whatever sloppy English has been applied for a mass-market publication.

by wenc 3y ago

kelsolaar 3y ago

Speaking is not mandatory since 1960 in Vatican from the video.

cbm-vic-20 3y ago

Until recently, the Vatican web site would display in Latin if "Accept-Laguage: la" appeared in the request headers, but now the language has to be manually selected. Google will display in Latin if the header is set (though it seems like Italian to me). Wikipedia has many pages translated to Latin, but it also doesn't seem to use the Accept-Language header. https://www.vatican.va/latin/popes_latin/franciscus/latin_hf_fr.html https://www.vatican.va/latin/popes_latin/franciscus/latin_hf... https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago

It also turns out that most official Church documents are not authored in Latin at all. Often, the "reference language" for Papal documents will be Italian, or another common language. Spanish is quite popular, of course, with the (ethnic Italian) Argentinian Pope Francis. It was, of course, quite fitting that Pope Pius XI should write Mit brennender Sorge entirely in German, considering his audience at the time. However, there are two very important holdouts in this regard, and those are the sacred liturgy and Canon Law. The only definitive editions of the Roman Missal and the Code of Canon Law are the originals in Latin. Every other edition is translated from these master editions. It's a very important thing to remember for canonists attempting to interpret the law, that they should keep in mind Latin words, phrasing, and the implied meanings, not whatever sloppy English has been applied for a mass-market publication.