The Papal Curia will no longer require the use of Latin as a mandatory language for documents, DW reports.
“Curial bodies, as a rule, draft their acts in Latin or another language,” states the new statute of the Holy See’s main administrative body, as quoted by the dpa news agency.
The Catholic Church has long permitted parishes outside the Vatican to celebrate Mass in their native languages. The most widely spoken language in the Holy See is Italian, dpa reports. However, in recent years, Rome has discouraged the celebration of the Tridentine Mass, which is popular among traditional Catholics and is read in Latin. Meanwhile, the Vatican has previously published doctrinal letters in the language of the ancient Romans, even if they contained modern definitions. For example, climate change is described in the relevant dogma as “Climatis mutatio.”