“We exhort you all to lift up high the torch of Latin which is even today a bond of unity among peoples of all nations.” —Pope St. John Paul II Ancient Christian funerary plaque in Santa Maria degli ...

It's been nearly 40 years since the words of the Latin Mass - The Lord be with you; And with thy spirit; Let us pray - echoed through the sanctuary of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Rosie Gross ...

LATIN has been the official language of the Catholic Church. Papal documents are promulgated in Latin. Church documents, most especially laws, are binding in Latin. The Vatican’s official gazette is ...

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 ...

The Missale Romanum, as it’s formally known, was buried under ecclesiastical paperwork for much of the past four decades. The Second Vatican Council’s call for delivering church ceremonies in the ...