Reginaldus Thomas Foster is an American Catholic
priest and friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. He formerly
worked in the “Latin Letters” section of the Secretariat of State
in the Vatican and was the ‘Papal Latinist’ from 1969–2009.
Hecontinues to teach summer classes in Latin at the University of
Milwaukee, USA.
Daniel Patricius McCarthy, a student of Foster’s,
is a monk at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, USA and
teaches Latin in London and Rome.
"Inspirational educator, the Rev. Reginald Foster is a master classicist who has devoted his life to saving Latin from extinction." - The New York Times "One of the world's foremost scholars in Latin." - BBC News "Foster is the Vatican's leading expert on Latin - expert enough to be charged with the official translation of papal documents into what was until 40 years ago the official language of the church." - USA Today "Father Reginald Foster, considered by many the worlds finest Latinist . . . and one of the Vatican's most colorful characters." - Catholic News Service
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