VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Catholic Church's official language of Latin finally made it onto the Vatican website Friday alongside Italian, English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.

While it lost the title of a living language centuries ago, the new Latin section on http://www.vatican.va is entitled "Sancta Sedes" (Holy See) and archives Biblical texts and other core documents including the catechism.

It also highlights the writings of individual popes from the 10th century John XIII to the present-day Benedict XVI.

The Vatican will not, however, translate its media releases into Latin, after a June 2007 incident when a new decree concerning the election of future popes -- handed out only in Latin -- caused confusion among journalists.

The Holy See regularly calls for the restoration of Latin as an active language, particularly for new priests.