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How many of my fellow Catholics have known priests who can speak fluent Latin?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I’ve only known a few,and they were elderly. Is the Church letting Latin die out? What is the common language used at conclaves? Also,what do you think about reviving Latin as a global language,at least for Catholics? (The priests i mentioned could talk conversational latin – pretty amazing).
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Why did I have to learn LATIN at school?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Is there any reason, beside the fact that the Roman Catholic mass is still said in Latin in parts…What about people who are not Catholics,,,what is the purpose of learning LATIN?