CHINESE LANGUAGE TO BE ADDED TO HOLY SEE WEBSITE

Posted by Marilynn Hughes Mar 16, 2009

VATICAN CITY, 16 MAR 2009 (VIS) - An English-language communique published today by the Holy See Press Office explains that, "for the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the official website of the Holy See will be enhanced by the addition of a new section in Chinese".

Chinese "will be the eighth language to be represented on the www.vatican.va website, which also includes Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Latin.

"Thanks to the new service", the communique concludes, "internet users from throughout the world will be able to navigate in Chinese to access the texts of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI which will be available in both traditional and simplified Chinese characters".