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 ...
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 ...
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Why Latin should not become extinct in school

Latin is still taught as a foreign language in Germany today at grammar schools, and sometimes also at comprehensive schools. Here are five reasons why. Competence in foreign languages is becoming ...
Sydney Morning Herald

'Latin is immortal': Why ancient Rome is making history in Blacktown

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Less than a year ago, Aadita Menghani knew nothing about Latin. "I had never even heard of it before," she said. But the 13-year-old ...