Among the reactions I read to Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement this week, the most original and moving one was undoubtedly the editorial published on Tuesday by the French newspaper Liberation. It was, surprisingly, written from start to finish in Latin, as a gesture to the holy tongue of the Catholic Church, which is erroneously regarded as being "dead" (for those who don't read Latin, a...
- By Miransky
- 16 Feb 2013
- 03:51PM
The speaking of Latin does not sanctify a person. Remember that all such speakers also have a secular language in which they are free to speak and do evil. Remember also the evil that the Catholic Church has perpetrated upon the Jews until recent decades and that their Latin thoughts never led them to forgive the Jews for what they consider the crime of the ages. Remember Crusades, massacres, and Inquisitions.
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