Pope feeds fish as he opens Vatican's ambitious model of sustainable farming and education
Borgo Laudato Si spans 55 acres offering sustainable farming and vocational training to vulnerable groups, embodying Pope Francis's environmental teachings.
- Pope Leo XIV inaugurated Borgo Laudato Si, a 55-acre sustainable farming and education project at the Vatican, marking a practical step in Pope Francis's ecological teachings.
- The center is designed as a model for ecological stewardship, education, and spirituality for the Catholic Church and other organizations, according to the Vatican.
- Pope Leo emphasized the importance of caring for creation, linking it to human dignity and justice, and stated that this privilege comes with a great responsibility: caring for all other creatures.
- The initiative aims to provide vocational training while producing goods like wine and olive oil, with profits reinvested into the educational center.
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At Castel Gandolfo inaugurated the project strongly wanted by Francis:55 hectares of the Pontifical Villas to give concreteness to the principles of the encyclical that turns 10 years old. Agriculture and high formation in the name of social inclusion, integral ecology and sustainability. Expected2 thousand students and 250 thousand visitors per year.Prevost: "T tangible model."

Pope feeds fish as he opens Vatican's ambitious model of sustainable farming and education
Pope Leo XIV has inaugurated a new sustainable farming project run by the Vatican. Leo fed fish and pet horses Friday at Borgo Laudato Si, a 55-acre center focused on sustainable farming, vocational training, and environmental education located at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo.
Pope feeds fish and jokes, 'Is anyone hungry?'
Pope Leo XIV fed some fish Friday at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo where he is unveiling a memorial to his predecessor Francis's 'green encyclical' Laudato si', and jokingly asked the finned denizens of the pool, "is anybody hungry?" During... (ANSA)
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