Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...

The Latin language used to be spoken all over the Roman Empire. But no country officially speaks it now, at least not in its classic form. So, did Latin really peter out when the Roman Empire ceased ...

The death of Latin has been greatly exaggerated. Of course, Latin is no longer the default language for European learning and diplomacy, as it was from the Roman Empire through the early modern period ...

Seminarian Gerard Gayou’s “The Guiding Light of Latin Grammar” (Houses of Worship, June 23) calls to mind the line of Father John X. Halligan, played by Van Johnson in the 1952 movie “When in Rome”: ...

Latin might be a "dead" language, but it still has a lot of living potential. There are many reasons as to why Latin should be taught at schools and universities. “It is a window into a fascinating ...

History was brought to life for Conisbrough students on a trip to Rome as part of their Latin studies. The young people from ...

The most visible result of the Second Vatican Council so far has been the decision to translate the Roman Catholic Mass into vernacular languages. But now that scholars are engaged in translating the ...

Do you remember the long and ugly battle English-speaking Catholics had over the new translation of the Roman Missal? It was actually a fight over how best to translate the new and latest edition of ...

ROME (AP) — Traditionalist Catholics descended on Rome on Friday for their annual pilgrimage, hoping to show the vibrancy of their community after Pope Francis issued a crackdown on the spread of the ...

NPR remembers the Rev. Reginald Foster — perhaps the world's foremost Latin scholar. He was the official translator for four popes and inspired Roman tour guides for Latin enthusiasts worldwide. One ...