Why in italian?

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I was watching the mass held in Crotia this morning by the Holy Father. I know that the Holy Father speaks a lot of languages and also English. I was wondering why the mass was held in italian. I doubt that there are many people in Croatia who knows italian. However if he held the mass and the homily in English i think many of the young people would have understadn him. I know that it was translated for the people to understand however why not in English?
 
I didn’t see it, but I am guessing that it was in Latin. Italian sounds similar to Latin. Remember, the Holy See is IN Italy. 😃
 
OscarsMama said:
I didn’t see it, but I am guessing that it was in Latin. Italian sounds similar to Latin. Remember, the Holy See is IN Italy. 😃
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I am not sure. I understand a lot of intalian but i don’t understan latin, and i understood a lot of the homily. I will have to check. I know thatthe Holy See is in Italy but since he is visiting a foriegn country i thought that at least the homily could be in english since it would be easier for peopel to understand him.
 
Why not Italian? He is based in Italy and it is a language he uses every day. Italian is in fact one of the minority languages in Croatia and it is not foreign to us. (I’m Croatian btw)
So what if young people speak English? Most people don’t understand English well enough and interpretation would be necessary. English is a minority language in the Catholic church and I see no reason to promote it as something that should be used in all countries. German would have made more sense than English. Sorry to sound annoyed but native English speakers have this attitude that English must have priority in absolutely everything. :rolleyes:
 
Contra_Mundum said:
Why not Italian? He is based in Italy and it is a language he uses every day. Italian is in fact one of the minority languages in Croatia and it is not foreign to us. (I’m Croatian btw)
So what if young people speak English? Most people don’t understand English well enough and interpretation would be necessary. English is a minority language in the Catholic church and I see no reason to promote it as something that should be used in all countries. German would have made more sense than English. Sorry to sound annoyed but native English speakers have this attitude that English must have priority in absolutely everything. :rolleyes:
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Hy, thanks for the answer. I am not a native english speaker so please stop being annoyed with me:D. However if the pope would come to visit my country and i would go to see him i would prefer to hear him in english then in italian because i would understan him more. Most of the people in my country speak english and almost 99% of the young people do.

I do not know what are the minorities in Croatia, sorry. But from your explanation then it made sense.

When Pope John Paul II came to our country he read his speach in our native language even if he most surely didn’t know the language. We very much appreciated his gesture.
 
cristyd said:
When Pope John Paul II came to our country he read his speach in our native language even if he most surely didn’t know the language. We very much appreciated his gesture.
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He did the same in Croatia, but that was not exactly an effort because both are Slavic languages. Someone raised this question of language in a TV programme yesterday and one of the guests in the studio (a priest) said that JP2 was very keen on such things, but that Benedict is more about content than form. I completely agree with this.
 
Contra_Mundum said:
He did the same in Croatia, but that was not exactly an effort because both are Slavic languages. Someone raised this question of language in a TV programme yesterday and one of the guests in the studio (a priest) said that JP2 was very keen on such things, but that Benedict is more about content than form. I completely agree with this.
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I appreciat JP2 that he did an extra effort to try to get closer to the people by speaking their language. I hink it was an excelent gesture from him. I appreciat Benedict for his beautiful homilies. I agree with them both 😃
 
Contra_Mundum said:
He did the same in Croatia, but that was not exactly an effort because both are Slavic languages.
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yes, they are so much alike. I am studying slovak, and today as i was watching the mass i can’t believe how close the languages are.
 
cristyd said:
I was watching the mass held in Crotia this morning by the Holy Father. I know that the Holy Father speaks a lot of languages and also English. I was wondering why the mass was held in italian. I doubt that there are many people in Croatia who knows italian. However if he held the mass and the homily in English i think many of the young people would have understadn him. I know that it was translated for the people to understand however why not in English?
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Perché l’italiano è la lingua più bella nel mondo ("because Italian is the most beautiful language in the world)! What a blessing. 😃
 
cristyd said:
yes, they are so much alike. I am studying slovak, and today as i was watching the mass i can’t believe how close the languages are.
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They are, yes. I’m glad you could understand the mass a bit 😃 My scottish husband still can’t grasp basic Croatian, and he is trying, poor thing.
 
Contra_Mundum said:
They are, yes. I’m glad you could understand the mass a bit 😃 My scottish husband still can’t grasp basic Croatian, and he is trying, poor thing.
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Well, i live here for 3 years already, i think it’s time i learn it 🙂
 
Contra_Mundum said:
Sorry to sound annoyed but native English speakers have this attitude that English must have priority in absolutely everything. :rolleyes:
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It sure seems that way. When they talk they must hear the Mass in vernacular, they’re only talking English; no other vernacular is allowed in their parish.
 
antonivs said:
Perché l’italiano è la lingua più bella nel mondo ("because Italian is the most beautiful language in the world)! What a blessing. 😃
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Wow. I totally understood that even before the translation. 😃
 
Contra_Mundum said:
Someone raised this question of language in a TV programme yesterday and one of the guests in the studio (a priest) said that JP2 was very keen on such things, but that Benedict is more about content than form. I completely agree with this.
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That makes sense, especially since he said a large part of the Mass in England in Latin. I think the message is clear there.
 
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