Vatican makes Latin-language documents available online

Published: 2008-05-09

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Latin is online at the Vatican. Without fanfare, the Vatican's www.vatican.va site has made hundreds of papal and other documents available in a new Latin-language section. The Latin area went live May 9. Visitors clicking on "Sancta Sedes" (Latin for "Holy See") are taken to a menu of documents arranged by pontificate or Roman Curia office. Also posted is the complete neo-Vulgate Latin version of the Bible and Latin editions of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Code of Canon Law and the documents of the Second Vatican Council. The papal pages -- "Summi Pontifices" -- cover the last five popes and include encyclicals and other major texts, as well as a selection of speeches, sermons and messages. The last entry on the Latin pages provides information about "Latinitas," the Vatican foundation that promotes the use of Latin.

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