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What’s the phrase that they open the Radio Vatican shows with?
 
Having listened to it very carefully several times I think it’s “La detour Iesu Christus”.

Does this make sense to anyone? Would that be Latin for “The way of Jesus Christ”? That’s just a guess, as I’m not a Latin scholar by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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What’s the phrase that they open the Radio Vatican shows with?
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“Laudetur Jesus Christus”, which means “Praised be Jesus Christ” in Latin.

I understand that this used to be a Catholic greeting that one would use. The response is “In eternum, amen” (Now and forever!)

I once heard some Carmelites who were being interviewed on EWTN radio greet one another this way. I think it is a terrific way for us Christians to greet one another.

By the way, you can hear Vatican Radio online at their website.

vatican.va/news_services/radio/

Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and forever!
 
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“Laudetur Jesus Christus”, which means “Praised be Jesus Christ” in Latin.
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Ah! Thanks!!!

I thought Latin didn’t have a “J” though…
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By the way, you can hear Vatican Radio online at their website.

vatican.va/news_services/radio/
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Thanks for that. I normally just grab the half-hour English langauge program from the 105-live podcast.
 
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Ah! Thanks!!!

I thought Latin didn’t have a “J” though…
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Since around the 17th century, J ** has been used in some texts to stand for a consonantal I.** Classical Latin and Medieval Latin didn’t have it, but most of my liturgical texts do (Missale, Kyriale, etc.). Lowercase **j ** was sometimes used as the final **I ** in a series, like iij for III.

I don’t see the reason for the **J ** myself; there is really no need for it.

Ok; that’s my Latin teacher moment for the day. 🙂
 
Maybe Latin does have a “J” after all…

I’ve come across this story. I don’t know how true it is, but here it is anyway:

The very first time John Paul II had to sign something as Pope he signed it “Joannes Paulus II”.

One of his aides saw this and said “No, Holy Father! There is no ‘J’ in Latin!”

The Pope just smiled and said “There is now.”

Like I said: Maybe there is a “J” in Latin, after all! 🙂
 
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