On 08/22/2013 01:25 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 19:04 +0200, François Patte wrote: >> As for Latin, it is better to call it an ancient language, it is still >> the official language in Vatican. > > *rofl* my plan was to reply and to ask you, if it's their official > language, than why don't they provide their homepage in Latin. > > The plan miserably failed. > > http://www.vatican.va/latin/latin_index.html > > English Wiki: Official language Latin > German Wiki: Amtssprache Italienisch (de facto), Latein > > I guess I don't need to translate the German Wiki. > > I would call Latin a dead language too. > > "Official" proclamations by the Pope are written in Latin. Some religious services are conducted in Latin, particularly very important ones, like the coronation or funeral of a Pope. In practice, the language of the Vatican is Italian.
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