Fides ex auditu: a Latin recording of the New Testament for Pope Benedict XVI
Faith comes by hearing: this truth is given to us by St Paul the Apostle in his Letter
to the Romans: it is a truth that gives both a name to and inspiration for an extraordinary
ecumenical mission that for 40 years has been producing and distributing audio recordings
of the Bible, free of charge. The “Faith Comes By Hearing” ministry raises its own
money to cover production and distribution costs, and has recordings of Sacred Scripture
in over 600 languages. The Faith Comes By Hearing team has recently added Latin to
its list of languages in which the New Testament has been recorded. I spoke with Fr.
Peter Stravinskas, who was instrumental in realizing the recording - a copy of which
he and the Faith Comes By Hearing team presented to the Holy Father during the weekly
General Audience on January 11th. With him in studio was Faith Comes By Hearing’s
Director of International Programs, Lori Koch. Together they told the story of how
this integral recording of the Catholic Church’s official Latin text of the New Testament
came to be a reality. Listen