Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)
by ZetaRicky on Monday May 25, 2026 @06:57AM
(#48265463)
Interestingly, the Latin version of the encyclica is yet to be released at the moment
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Modern encyclicals aren't written in Latin anymore. They're drafted in Italian and the title is the Latin translation of the incipit.
Indeed, the beginning of the Italian text is: "La magnifica umanità creata da Dio si trova oggi..." from which, Magnifica Humanitas.
Yeah, I don't know how they expect the people of Latin America to read this.
Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)
by brunoarueira on Monday May 25, 2026 @08:02AM
(#48265865)
Although, it's called Latin America many countries speak variations of spanish and Brazil speak portuguese, just because those languages derived from latin and not because there the people speak it
That was the joke :(
The net is too infused with dumb takes that the joke becomes indistinguishable to reality.
This is true, but we also can't go around adding /s to everything. Ah well, I guess it's a risk I have to take.
Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)
by fuzzfactor on Monday May 25, 2026 @06:46PM
(#48272787)
There's always the time the Pope's limo got pulled over by the cops . . .
https://startsat60.com/media/lifestyle/jokes/daily-joke-pope...
Good one, gave me a chuckle!
If it helps, I got your joke
<3
Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)
by brunoarueira on Monday May 25, 2026 @08:54AM
(#48266261)
Haha don't worry, next time I'll take care :'D
Re:Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)
by loloquwowndueo on Monday May 25, 2026 @07:52AM
(#48265782)
Well because it’s Latin America, not the US, the vast majority of people are at least bilingual anyway :)
For those who don't know why that's interesting: The tradional practice for creating these kinds of texts is to first write an editio typica in Latin. This Latin text is then the basis for translations into vernacular languages.