“Sunday, June 12 we have our appointment in Piazza San Pietro around 10,30 am, at the Via della Conciliazione/Piazza Pio XII crossing, we will be easily recognised thanks to the green E-shaped letter on our head, E for Esperanto Pentecost.” So stated Giorgio Pagano at yesterday’s press conference, which was held at the Radical party’s headquarters at 16.00. Click here to view the video). with the participation of the Science Head of the Dante Alghieri, Massimo Arcangeli, and the Vatican reporter Giuseppe Di Leo, during the conference where ERA’s secretary presented the Pentecost initiative and appeal. “Everyone must face the language issue, the issue of Esperanto and linguistic democracy: we have done so by addressing our appeal to Benedict XVI, paying to publish it on Saturday’s (June 11) issue of Il Fatto Quotidiano.”
“Everyone must do their bit: the politicians should do their part, the intellectuals should do theirs, at least all those who are aware and have enough of a clear perception of the issue to be able to contribute something useful. It is necessary to get organized,” Arcangeli explained.
Di Leo closed the conference by saying, “I congratulate you, because you have proven to me that the Radical Galaxy is an extraordinary school that looks for the reality of tomorrow without distancing itself from collective needs.”
You can read the entire letter-appeal to the Pontefice, in Italian, on our website’s, forum, “until Esperanto is recognised as a universal language, to show our everlasting gratitude to the efforts of the Catholic church, the Salvation Ark of all the languages of the world.”