Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign the papacy February 28, 2013. His resignation is the first papal resignation in approximately 600 years. His announcement was delivered entirely in Latin. Using a dead language to deliver his message was symbolic–since his excuse for resigning made no sense–why not deliver the message in a language no one understands?
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Category: religion
Although I was an alter-boy in my early years and can still recite an entire mass in latin, I would not call myself an expert in religion. I defer to my sister Jane for religious righteousness.