Recognition From The Vatican
All popes from Pius X onwards welcomed and supported the Esperanto movement.
In 1977, Vatican Radio began regular broadcasts in Esperanto (three times a week since 1998). In 1990, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has approved the Esperanto translation of the prayers of the mass. The Esperanto Missal and Lectionary for Sundays and Feastdays was published in 1995. In 1994, Pope John Paul II began to include Esperanto among the languages of his annual Easter and Christmas greetings; at Easter 2006, Pope Benedict XVI has continued this tradition of his predecessor.
Read more about this topic: International Union Of Catholic Esperantists
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