Pope Francis received the members of this body of the Roman Curia in a private audience and delivered a speech to them 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.