| Latin: Pontificia Academia Latinitatis | |
| Type | Catholic, Research institute, Pontifical University |
|---|---|
| Established | 2012 |
| President | Professor [Ivano Dionigi |
| Location | |
| Website | [1] |
The Pontifical Academy for Latin Language Studies is the eleventh and newest Pontifical Academy.
It was founded by Pope Benedict XVI, out of a fervent desire to preserve and celebrate and spread knowledge of the different versions of modern and ancient Latin, including and emphasizing, but by no means limited to, ecclesiastical Latin (Church Latin) as used in the liturgies and Masses of the current Roman Missal of the 2011 Mass of Pope Paul VI (the current one, which is usually said in the vernacular language, or local people's language), as well as the Mass of Pope John XXIII (the most recent version of the pre-Vatican II Tridentine Mass, or Latin Mass, the earlier and alternative form; some groups, such as the formerly schismatic Society of Saint Pius X, SSPX, use an even earlier form of the Tridentine Mass, the Mass of Pope Pius XII). On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Pope Benedict named Professor Ivano Dionysius as the inaugural (first) President of the Pontifical Academy for Latin Language Studies, and named the Reverend Father Roberto Spataro, S.D.B., as the first Secretary of the Pontifical Academy.[1]
The Pontifical Academy for Latin is the eleventh and newest Pontifical Academy. It was founded by Pope Benedict XVI, out of a fervent desire to preserve and celebrate and spread knowledge of the different versions of modern and ancient Latin, including and emphasizing, but by no means limited to, ecclesiastical Latin (Church Latin) as used in the liturgies and Masses of the current Roman Missal of the 2011 Mass of Pope Paul VI (the current one, which is usually said in the vernacular language, or local people's language), as well as the Mass of Pope John XXIII (the most recent version of the pre-Vatican II Tridentine Mass, or Latin Mass, the earlier and alternative form; some groups, such as the formerly schismatic Society of Saint Pius X, SSPX, use an even earlier form of the Tridentine Mass, the Mass of Pope Pius XII). On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Pope Benedict named Professor Ivano Dionysius as the inaugural (first) President of the Pontifical Academy for Latin Language Studies, and named the Reverend Father Roberto Spataro, S.D.B., as the first Secretary of the Pontifical Academy.[2]