Latinitas, the journal of the Pontifical Academy for Latin, is pictured in the office of Mario De Nonno, president of the academy, at Roma Tre University in Rome June 13, 2023. Photo: CNS/Justin McLellan The Latin language in the Catholic Church faces two major hurdles: the increasingly exclusive access to Latin instruction worldwide and the difficulty of transmitting the ancient language’s modern value to seminarians from non-European backgrounds, said the new president of the Vatican’s Latin academy. Though it is fighting an uphill battle, the Pontifical Academy for Latin,…
