Posts Tagged ‘priests’

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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What was the last country/region/city state to speak latin as the official language?

Monday, August 17th, 2009

What was the last country/region/city state to speak latin as the official language? As in universly, everyone, peasants, nobles, priests, ect.. Thank you in advance!