The Baltimore Sun

Church’s mother tongue imperiled Fading language: After 1,500 years as the official language of Roman Catholic liturgy, history and law, Latin is being learned by fewer ...

VATICAN CITY — For more than 1,500 years, Latin was the language of the educated Western world. It was the repository of scholarship, the official language of the Roman Catholic Church and the tongue ...
Fides

VATICAN - LANGUAGE IN THE ROMAN RITE LITURGY: LATIN AND VERNACULAR - Keynote Address at Gateway Liturgical Conference, St Louis, Missouri, 11 November, 2006

Most rites have an original language which also gives each rite its historical identity. The Roman Rite has Latin as its official language. The typical editions of its liturgical books are to this day ...
America Magazine

Ave atque Vale: The case for replacing Latin as the official language of the church

Latin is the official language of the Holy See and the Vatican City State, but the working language of the Vatican is Italian. Given its location in Rome, the Vatican’s use of Italian makes perfect ...
Reuters

FACTBOX: Use of Latin in the Roman Catholic Church

(Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday it wants its official language Latin to be used more often in the Roman Catholic mass. Here are some details on how Latin has been used in the Catholic Church: ...
Reader's Digest

If Latin Is a “Dead” Language, Why Is It Still Taught in Schools?

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 ...
Reuters

Latin lovers tune in: Vatican broadcasts news in language of ancient Rome

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Friends, Romans and Latin lovers - lend the Vatican your ears. Vatican Radio is starting its first regular news bulletin in the language of Caesar and Cicero. Called ...