International Union of Catholic Esperantists

IKUE organizes Masses during Esperanto meetings, and also each year its own week-long international convention. Associations and local groups of Catholic Esperantists also offer meetings (Bible weekends, youth camps, etc.) IKUE publishes Christian literature in Esperanto, e.g. the ecumenical prayer and hymnbook ADORU of 1,472 pages in 2001 (co-edited with the Protestant Esperantist association), and the encyclical Deus caritas est in 2006. Its magazine Espero Katolika (Catholic Hope) first appeared in 1903. In 2015, the union had approximately 1,530 members in 40 countries (mainly Europe). ==Recognition from the Vatican==

Pope Pius X welcomed the Esperanto movement and gave his Blessing to the first congress of Catholic Esperantists in 1910. ==KELI==

IKUE has a good relationship with KELI (The League of Christian Esperantists International); IKUE and KELI have run their annual conferences together in the past, starting in 1968 in Limburg/Lahn, and at some conferences they held communion together. ==Translation==

The Bible has been translated into Esperanto. ==See also==