Until now, Latin was used by default in the drafting of internal documents. The new rule will allow documents to be written ...

The Vatican website has opened a Latin section for papal texts and religious resources translated into Latin. The main site at vatican.va links to the section under the Latin title “Sancta Sedes,” ...

VATICAN CITY — “Is there no Latin word for tea?” Hilaire Belloc once remarked. “Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.” Were the English Catholic writer alive today ...

Reginald Foster, a former plumber’s apprentice from Wisconsin who in four decades as an official Latinist of the Vatican dreamed in Latin, cursed in Latin, banked in Latin and ultimately tweeted in ...

The Vatican issued a decree on Friday guiding bishops’ conferences on the proper protocol for the translation of liturgical texts from Latin into vernacular languages. Published on Oct. 22, the feast ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is trying to resurrect Latin. Pope Benedict XVI issued a decree Saturday creating a new pontifical academy for Latin studies to try to boost interest in the official ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday started a new Vatican department to promote the study and use of Latin in the Roman Catholic Church and beyond. The old-style Latin Mass was phased ...

Pope Francis' move to limit the use of the Latin Mass is an effort to bring about greater acceptance of the Second Vatican Council, according to the head of the Vatican's liturgy office. Both in a ...

Rodrigo Guerra López, in an undated picture. This Mexican layman was appointed by Pope Francis as Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. (Credit: Courtesy Gustavo Guerra López.) ...

As a linguist and historian, I heartily agree with Grace Spiewak (“Latin is not just for encyclicals. For all Catholics, it is our living history”) on the value of studying Latin or any classical ...