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Costa Rican bishop suspends priest for saying Ordinary Form Mass in Latin and ad orientem
In a WhatsApp voice message obtained by ACI Prensa, Fr. Sixto Eduardo Varela Santamaría insisted that "since the Bishop's decree... Read more
Language learning app takes Latin from ‘dead’ to said
Duolingo, the popular free language learning website and app, has launched a Latin course to help its users say “salve”... Read more
Pope Francis: It's good for young people to study Latin
In a message to the Pontifical Academies on Tuesday, Pope Francis praised the study of Latin, especially for young people,... Read more
Pope issues new directives on revision, translation of liturgical texts
The Holy See has released a new “motu proprio” from Pope Francis outlining a shift in the responsibility of local... Read more
Oldest Latin commentary on the Gospels rediscovered, translated
Missing for more than 1,500 years, the earliest known Latin commentary on the Gospels has been rediscovered at the Cologne... Read more
Neb. priest, students engage in Latin through conversation
Father Joseph Faulkner, a priest of the Lincoln diocese, is teaching Latin to his high school students by actually speaking... Read more
Philosopher lauds Pope's thriving Latin Twitter account
With media outlets taking notice of the unexpected success of the Pope's tweets in Latin, a scholar conversant in the... Read more
Pope creates academy to promote knowledge of Latin
The Pope is launching a new Pontifical Academy for Latin to help priests and academics deepen their knowledge and ability... Read more
