12/21/07 - Nativitas

Seasonal thoughts with our popular "Latin Lover". Carmelite Father Reginald Foster.

12/8/07 - Lapurdum

Our popular "Latin Lover" tells the story of Lourdes. edited repeat of 2/11/06

11/30/07 - Andrew's Head

An unusual way to mark the Feast of Saint Andrew. (Repeat of 12/2/06)

11/23/07 - Universalis Puerorum Dies

Children will be children, even down the centuries.

11/2/07 - After Life

How the Romans envisaged life after death. (Repeat of 11/11/06)

Paul VI and Anglicans

We go back to the days of Paul VI and his meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury (Repeat of 11/25/06)

Vesuvius

Carmelite Fr. Reginald Foster shares with us his knowledge of Pliny the Elder's account of the eruption of Vesuvius. (Duplicate of 6/28/07)

Instruction

Decipher an instruction on sacred music drafted by the founder of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Saint Pius X.

Juno Moneta

Ever wondered where we get the expression monetary policy from?

Patron of Communications

Our popular "Latin Lover" helps us celebrate our feast day here at Vatican Radio.

Fame to Magnificat

How our popular "Latin Lover" goes from speaking of fame, to hunger, to the Magnificat.

What Latin

Augustine, Jerome, Ignatius of Loyola all wrote Latin, but what were their skills in this ancient language really like?

Encyclical Delivered

Our popular "Latin Lover" helps us better understand Pius XI.

God is Green

Were the Roman enviromentalists? Our weekly rendezvous with our popular "Latin Lover".

Virtual Tour

Of Rome and More... Our weekly rendez-vous with our popular "Latin Lover".

Tiberius

The Roman emperor who lived at the time of Jesus.

Caligula's Aqua Fun

Of boat parties in a little lake nestling in the Alban hills.

Hell to Heaven

Shining the spotlight on an eminent Italian poet Pope Benedict often quotes.

No Regrets

Shaping Latin to the modern world is not the way to save it.

Latin Treasure Trove

Our "Latin Lover" raves about our Latin prayers.

Pliny

The story of an admiral and a volcano.

Fisher and More

Our "Latin Lover" picks up the speech of Pius XI on the day of the canonisation of these English martyrs.

Credentials

Our "Latin Lover" shares with us his work at translating papal missives to heads of State, including to President Bush.

Fire

Incendiary notes and chuckles.

Code Cicero

An insight into the personality of Cicero.

Equators and Nuncios

Equators and Nuncios, Bicycles and Belts.

Hadrian's Wall

Our "Latin Lover" takes us north of Nottingham.

Rea Silvia

Tiber ladies to celebrate Rome's birthday, among them the mother of Romulus and Remus.

With Burning Sorrow

A century and a half since the birth of the founder of our radio station Pope Pius XI, we take a look at one of his more well known encyclicals.

The Lamb

Listen as our "Latin Lover" speaks to us this Easter season of waxy candles and sings to us of "The Lamb" redeeming the sheep.

Inter Sollicitudines

An instruction on sacred music written in 1903 by Pope Pius X becomes the subject of conversation.

Himalayas and Obelisks

We go for a walk uphill and a trip downstream.

Dante

"In Praeclara Summorum", that's the title of the encyclical penned by Pope Benedict XV back in 1921.

Lion's Paw

What St Jerome had to do with deserts, lions, skulls and books!

Heavens

"We who by a secret plan of heaven..."

Papal Exercises

Sprititual exercises with our Latin Lover.

Claudius I Presume

Would this Roman emperor remind you more of Napoleon, Kennedy or Churchill? "Our Latin Lover "replies.

Shriveled Leg for an Emperor

Did the Romans believe in collective healing and what would they have thought of Lourdes?

Caritas and Love

How does the Latin in Pope Benedict's encyclical compare with the spaghetti Latin of Saint Thomas Aquinas?

Letter - of Christians

When Pliny the Younger writes to the Emperor Trajan about the persecution of Christians.

Goddess Hunger

Our "Latin Lover" tells of the Goddess of Hunger, "Fames".

Star of Wonder

Our "Latin Lover" tells the story of the Three Kings