Pope suggests replacement with "Ave Maria."
Rome - After celebrating yesterday's Mass, Pope Francis focused some fiery remarks on "Lorem ipsum," a passage commonly used in publishing and web design, advising Catholics of the forementioned industries to refrain from using it, as "it is inappropriate and most possibly heretical."
Those present were not surprised by the Pope's fury, as he had already posted on Twitter, three days ago: "This passage is an insult to the language of the Catholic Church. Even 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' is a better option than this latinesque abomination."
"Why use gibberish Latin when one has such a vast linguistic heritage?"
The pontiff said he was, at first, puzzled when he discovered the passage in an html template of Adobe Dreamweaver. He immediately froze the process of updating the Vatican website and ordered the assembly of a linguistics comittee. After a thourough investigation, the commitee concluded that "Lorem ipsum" is not, in fact, real Latin.
"Why use gibberish Latin when one has such a vast linguistic heritage?" the Pope asked, but no member of the congregation dared to reply. Then, he went on with some suggestions: "'Ave Maria' is an excellent passage for CSS and HTML 5. In regard to print, simple and classic sentences suffice, like 'Regina rosas amat' or 'Dum spiro spero.'"
Pope Francis concluded his sermon by informing the congregation that the Catholic Church is currently raising funds, in order to change the "Lorem ipsum" passage from every digital or printed document, worldwide. Those interested can make a donation to the papal Paypal account; more information given at the Pope's official Facebook page.
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