"The day the Church abandons her universal tongue [Latin] is the day before she returns to the catacombs." —Pope Pius XII

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Listen to Latin
Classical and Ecclesiastical sources.

On the Promotion of the Study of Latin (Veterum Sapientia)
by Pope John XXIII.

Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
A selection of sacred and classical music in Mp3 played by teachers and students of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.

Taking Latin Seriously
by Cheryl Lowe.

The greatest single defect of my own Latin education
by Dorothy Sayers; Memoria Press.

The Language that Rose from the Dead
by Rev. Randall Paine. "A language must die to be immortal"; When it comes to expressing the eternal and immutable truths of the Christian Faith, the only good language is a dead language.

Thesaurus Precum Latinarum
A collection of Latin prayers and Latin hymns with English translations and brief commentaries. The commentaries outline the origins, history and use of many of the items with the prayers themselves being drawn from the entire 2,000 year history of the Church.

To renew the Catholic mind
by Thomas Storck. "Until the real fruits of the Second Vatican Council begin to be realized in the liturgy, including the restoration of the Latin language, which the Council never intended to abolish, most Catholics will have a very impaired sense of the fullness of the Church’s tradition, and thus, of the fullness of the Church’s life."

Why Study Latin
There are three reasons Latin has long been considered the one master subject before which all others must bow. By Cheryl Lowe.

Why Study Latin?
Various articles at the National Committee for Latin and Greek site.