A controversial radio site north of Rome is set to become a solar farm as the Vatican pushes its green transition. Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm..
A controversial radio site north of Rome is set to become a solar farm as the Vatican pushes its green transition. Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm..
On July 31, at the historic Palazzo Borromeo, the Holy See and the Italian Republic signed a landmark agreement to build an agrivoltaic system in Santa Maria di Galeria. Photo: Vatican Media According to the Vatican’s press office, the installation will apply the most advanced solutions currently. .
ROME (AP) — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its needs and turn Vatican City into the world’s first. .
A controversial radio site north of Rome is set to become a solar farm as the Vatican pushes its green transition. Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm. The Holy See hopes it will. .
Pope Leo XIV looks at wheat growing a field where the Vatican is studying setting up a solar farm on land surrounding the Vatican Radio shortwave transmission center at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome June 19, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ROME (CNS) -- Almost a year after Pope Francis set. .
Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio’s transmission center on June 19, 2025, in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy. | Credit: Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican’s radio transmitter station in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy, on Thursday and thanked staff for their dedicated work in communicating. .
On June 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV made a significant visit to the Vatican Radio transmitter station located in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy. This occasion marked a dual celebration: it was not only an opportunity for the Holy Father to express gratitude to the staff for their unwavering dedication.
