The event, which will take place in Rome on May 25th and 26th, already has 57,000 children registered Photo: Vatican Media

Amid farmers’ protests across Europe, caravan stops at the Vatican and gives tractor to the Pope

They entered St. Peter’s Square with the tractors they used during the days of protest, organized against European policies that ban pesticides and impose minimum prices on their products. They also presented the Pope with “a tractor, a symbol of our effort,” flour brought from their regions, the image of a Christ found in a field, and a bell used to call animals.