nuncium e latina lingua: knowing Latin pays off

Fritz Klug

Feb 11, 2013

Super exciting day: the journalist who broke the story of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation did so because she KNEW LATIN. She was able to send out the news once she heard the announcement read in Latin. I have said (but not on this blog, alas) how Latin is useful in more an abstract and intangible way: studying Latin made me a more well-round and ultimately better person. In this case, Latin was extremely useful for getting the scoop.

Now I wonder: under what other circumstances would knowing Latin help a reporter break a story? I'm thinking right now....

Here are some links from around the web heralding the triumph:

Celebrating our wedding

I’m getting back after two weeks off to celebrate my wedding. It was a perfect time that was also timeless. I’m excited to start this next chapter with my wife.

The difference of seeing the northern lights at home

Sometimes, we have to travel far and wide to experience natural wonders, but other times we’re lucky to experience them in our backyard

Jerry Seinfeld’s anti-establishment view about writing with pen and paper

Jerry Seinfeld recently had interesting things to say about the virtues of writing by hand versus typing: I think pens are a very important creative tool. Keyboards really crush your freedom. And it's too corporate to be creative. You wanna feel like you're getting away with

Soulver 3 for iOS

The only calculator app I use is finally on iOS. I used version 2 for as long as I could while the Mac and iPadOS got the update. It’s polished, snappy, and lives on my home screen. The only way working with numbers has made sense to me. Check

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Celebrating our wedding

The difference of seeing the northern lights at home

Jerry Seinfeld’s anti-establishment view about writing with pen and paper

Soulver 3 for iOS