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		slyall 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Vatican's Latinist (2017) When Pope Benedict resigned he announced it in Latin unexpectedly. Many present did not understand what he was saying. https://insidethevatican.com/magazine/pope-benedicts-resigna...

felipeerias 9 months ago | [–]

Time will tell, but after more than two millennia this might have been the last significant announcement made in Latin.

error_logic 9 months ago | | [–]

Revealing much?

error_logic 9 months ago | [–]

Memetic hazard.

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