WLRN

With Ancient Language, Catholic Mass Draws Young Parishioners

Roman Catholic Mass was at one time universally celebrated in Latin, the ancient Roman language. After the second Vatican Council in the 1960s, Mass was allowed to be celebrated in the language of the ...
Helsinki

Latin language and Roman literature

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 ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! Two-faced Roman god opens the doors, and the year

January arrived again a few days ago, just when we expected it. The name January comes from Janus, the Roman god of doors and beginnings. I didn't know that doors had their own god. I am wondering ...
The New York Times

Arcadius Avellanus Elaborates His Reasons for Considering Latin Eminently Fitted to be Used As a Universal Language -- More Light on the Miller Quotation -- Various Communications.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Wall Street Journal

Swiss Effort to Save a Language Opens a Rift

ZURICH—As kids return to school in Val Müstair, high in the eastern tip of the Swiss Alps, they are also entering the front lines of a bitter battle: the fight over the future of a centuries-old Latin ...