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 ...

The first irony about the Latin language is that it is often called a dead language, when in fact it is alive and well in other languages — including English. The second irony is that Latin is ...

ROME — From Facebook to Pink Floyd and Google to Harry Potter, long-dead Latin is enjoying something of a modern renaissance. Some students in Rome speak the language all day, and one band has even ...

Friends, Romans and Latin lovers — lend the Vatican your ears. Vatican Radio is starting its first regular news bulletin in the language of Caesar and Cicero. Called "Hebdomada Papae, Notitiae ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY-- When Msgr. Daniel B. Gallagher was a microbiology major at the University of Michigan, his growing curiosity about the "deep questions" led the pre-med student to take philosophy and ...

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 ...

After more than 30 frenetic years as a book editor in New York, Ann Patty, who shepherded several novels, including “Flowers in the Attic” and “Life of Pi,” onto bestseller lists, learned the wisdom ...

Sky is building its slate of originals in Italy with “Romulus,” a 10-part series about the origin of Rome from Cattleya, the Italian producer that makes “Gomorrah.” Non-English-language drama is in ...

Amy Hornick, Latin teacher who inspires;"I love working with young people. I like teaching Latin, because I get to work with ...