“Interesting and commendable initiative”. Like this father Antonio Spadaro, director of ‘Civiltà Cattolica’defines the opening by the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, toteaching of Latin in middle schools, with a resolution of the individual teachers’ colleges. “As we move more and more towards technological knowledge, the fact of being more aware of the roots of our culture and our languages is an absolutely positive fact”, comments the Jesuit.
“Beyond studying – adds Father Spadaro – it is very important to have a linguistic awareness, because a culture expresses itself with a language. The hope is that the learning of Latin, if it is resumed and strengthened after having been set aside a little in recent times, will be useful not for simple grammar learning, but for a deepening of our cultural roots“.
Among other things, observes the director of ‘Civiltà Cattolica’, “the Latin language has united a very significant and significant portion of the Western world. From this point of view, deepen a classical language which has allowed us to communicate to a part of humanity, albeit with very different sensitivities, is really important. Finally, we also enter the very beauty of Latin, with a gesture that is of culture but also of love“.
(Of Enzo Bonaiuto)