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Vatican broke protocol to give Zelensky front-row seat at Pope's funeral - The Telegraph (www.ukrinform.net)
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[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Why does it go by French names rather than Latin or even Italian?

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 47 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Because french was historically the language of diplomacy back when the rules were made. This is also mentioned in the article.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 10 points 11 hours ago

Pah! Who has time to read articles? Where's my AI summary? /s

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Because it’s the lingua franca of the world.