{"id":105162,"date":"2026-09-13T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=105162"},"modified":"2026-09-13T21:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:00:01","slug":"vatican-vegetable-garden-goes-100-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/vatican-vegetable-garden-goes-100-organic\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican vegetable garden goes 100% organic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the pope\u2019s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques.The private garden covers almost a tenth of an acre of cultivable land inside the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery property, where Pope Benedict XVI lived during his retirement and now reside cloistered Benedictine nuns from the\u00a0Abbey of St. Scholastica in Victoria, Argentina.Sometimes known as \u201cthe pope\u2019s garden,\u201d the vegetable plot \u201chas always been a defining feature of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the pope\u2019s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques.The private garden covers almost a tenth of an acre of cultivable land inside the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery property, where Pope Benedict XVI lived during his retirement and now reside cloistered Benedictine nuns from the\u00a0Abbey of St. Scholastica in Victoria, Argentina.Sometimes known as \u201cthe pope\u2019s garden,\u201d the vegetable plot \u201chas always been a defining feature of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":105208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-105162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101730,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-receives-patti-smith-at-vatican\/","url_meta":{"origin":105162,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV receives Patti Smith at Vatican","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV received American singer, poet, and artist Patti Smith in a private audience at the Vatican on Friday, July 31.The meeting lasted about 40 minutes at the Vatican\u2019s Apostolic Palace, according to Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, undersecretary of the Vatican\u2019s Dicastery for Culture and Education, who shared details of the encounter on Instagram.Smith wore a Tau cross, a symbol closely associated with the Franciscan order, during the audience.The meeting also had a personal connection: Both the pontiff and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101612,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-issues-new-constitution-allowing-non-cardinals-to-lead-vatican-city-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":105162,"position":1},"title":"Pope Leo XIV issues new constitution, allowing non-cardinals to lead Vatican City State","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"augustus 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV has approved a new constitution for the Vatican, formally allowing non-cardinals to serve as its president.The new laws, making up the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, were published on July 31. 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