[Verginius Rufus]

The next part is from Luke 1:42 (Elizabeth's greeting to Mary). She repeats Gabriel's Benedicta tu in mulieribus before adding:

Et benedictus fructus ventris tui.

Macchio is evidently Italian-American. He used the Italian pronunciation of the Latin--"v" sound rather than "w" sound in ave and in ventris. In Classical Latin the "v" is believed to have sounded like "w."

[irishjuggler]

The Italianate pronunciation is generally used in the Catholic Church, though when I’ve noticed in the German Catholic Church they use Germanic pronunciation on some Latin words. In the Pater Noster, for example, the Italian pronunciation of “caelis” is “chell-iss” (as in “ciao” or “ciabatta roll”) but the Germans say “sell-iss.”

[gcparent]

You think with his name maybe Italian American??? He is from Long Island, NY. On his website, he will travel 3k miles to sing at an event. In church we sing the song with V Not W. Beautiful song for a right to live President.