Should more Catholics be learning Italian?

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Yeah Iā€™m going to disagree. The Church is universal and neither Our Lord nor the apostles hailed from Italy. My vote is for Latin, if you must learn a ā€œhomeā€ language.

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ajecphotos said:
I dont see it as our Homeland at all. Ok, it is where the Pope resides but for me, my ā€˜Homelandā€™ is my soul. Where, God lives in me and i in him.
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ā€˜Homelandā€™ of our faith, I should have said. I envy the Italians, and there importance in the Church.
 
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I dont see it as our Homeland at all. Ok, it is where the Pope resides but for me, my ā€˜Homelandā€™ is my soul. Where, God lives in me and i in him.

ā€˜Homelandā€™ of our faith, I should have said. I envy the Italians, and there importance in the Church.
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Crazy thought, but have you considered living there? If you feel that strongly about it, why not move there?

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Nanotwerp said:
ā€˜Homelandā€™ of our faith, I should have said. I envy the Italians, and there importance in the Church.
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I am in favor of anybody learning multiple languages, but as far as our faith is concerned the best would be Latin and Greek. They would enable you to read more of the Church writings in their original form rather than in translation. Papal documents are also written in Latin.

I have to agree that Italy is not our ā€œhomeā€. That is the site finally settled upon for the home of our Pope due to historic and political concerns of the early years of the Church. But, Italian is a fine language to learn regardless of your reasons. šŸ™‚
 
Why not, if it helps me understand the restaurant menu better. I donā€™t see why Catholics would need to learn Italian because as you say ā€œItaly is our homelandā€.
 
PaulfromIowa said:
The homeland of our Faith is Jerusalem, not Rome.
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Actually it would be somewhere else than Earth, wouldnā€™t it? šŸ˜‰

That said, I donā€™t see any harm in learning Italian if youā€™re up for it. A lot of Catholics speak it, so Iā€™ve heard. And it makes for a good musical language besides.
 
I think some basic Italian would be useful if a person were to visit Rome, for sure. šŸ‘ My husbandā€™s family is Italian, and they have some contact with Italian relatives still, so it would be really nice if we were to ever visit them (some of them donā€™t speak English.)

The list of languages Iā€™d like to learn is very, very long. Maybe one day Iā€™ll get around to one or two of them! šŸ˜›

(So far Iā€™ve got English, French, and 500ish words for American Sign Language.)
 
chefmomster2 said:
I am in favor of anybody learning multiple languages, but as far as our faith is concerned the best would be Latin and Greek. They would enable you to read more of the Church writings in their original form rather than in translation. Papal documents are also written in Latin.

I have to agree that Italy is not our ā€œhomeā€. That is the site finally settled upon for the home of our Pope due to historic and political concerns of the early years of the Church. But, Italian is a fine language to learn regardless of your reasons. šŸ™‚
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:thumbsup:Couldnā€™t agree more with this!šŸ‘
 
Just got back from Rome and managed quite well as i dont speak Italian
 
Technically, the current seat of the leader of our faith is not in Italy. It is in the Vatican City which is a sovereign state, issues its own passports etc.
 
Aramaic or latin italy is not our homeland as catholics rome which is the vatican city a sveriegn state is the seat of the church but our home is heaven technically since as catholics we are all called to be saints:thumbsup:
 
As Catholics we should at least have a decent knowledge in another language other than our mother tongue.
 
aTraditionalist said:
Yeah Iā€™m going to disagree. The Church is universal and neither Our Lord nor the apostles hailed from Italy. My vote is for Latin, if you must learn a ā€œhomeā€ language.

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I would have to agree. I took Latin in high school. I wish I had taken it more seriously. Latin is the language of the Universal Church.
 
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