Latin is no dead language to the Roman Catholic Church. In Latin of sorts its services are held, its official business transacted. For its priests, seminarians, missionaries, the Church's nonclassical Latin is lingua franca. And, since the Popes' encyclicals are issued in Latin, its literature is still growing. But few lay Catholics know enough Latin to understand the words of the Mass. Last week was published a book (Your Catholic LanguageSheed & Ward$2) which aims to teach Catholics Latin.
Slim, dark, good-looking Mary Elizabeth Perkins is only 28, but two years ago she...
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