Is Latin a spoken language

Latin is not the language of any nation, and hasn't been for thousands of years. For centuries, Latin was widely used by the Roman Catholic church in its liturgy, and it may still be the official language of the Vatican, technically an indepenent state. It was used as the language of scholarship in many universities even up until the 19th and 20th centuries. At various times it was used in Europe as a common language (vulgate) for general business purposes.