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 ...

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 ...

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Latin language and Roman literature focuses its research on the Latin language and material written in Latin from antiquity to the modern period. In recent years, the emphasis has been on the ...

Google’s DeepMind has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of deciphering and contextualising ancient texts, including Roman-era Latin inscriptions. The new AI, named Aeneas, could be a ...

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 ...

The Church which was founded by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ strives to bring together men and women from every race, language, people and nation (cf Rev 5:9), so that "every tongue should ...

In the basement of a nursing home in Milwaukee, the world's best Latin lessons are given for free. That's where Father Reginald Foster, a priest who lacks patience, gives his lessons. He's managed to ...