{"id":54196,"date":"2020-12-26T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=54196"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:48:35","slug":"rip-reginal-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/rip-reginal-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Reginald Foster &#8211; updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pray Tell<\/em> has received word from Fr. Daniel McCarthy OSB that legendary Latinist Fr. Reginald Foster passed away on Christmas Day morning. Links to news articles, videos, and publications are found <a href=\"https:\/\/thelatinlanguage.org\/news\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Requiescat in pace Reginaldus!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vatican News offered this brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/vatican-city\/news\/2020-12\/father-reginald-foster-vatican-radio-latinist.html\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times published a warm and much more detailed obituary. You can read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/27\/obituaries\/reginald-foster-vatican-latinist-who-tweeted-in-the-language-dies-at-81.html?searchResultPosition=1\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2020-12\/pope-francis-telegram-vatican-latinist-reginald-foster.html\">telegram of condolence. <\/a>Fittingly, the text was in Latin. It was shared by the Vatican Secretary of State. 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