{"id":624,"date":"2025-12-08T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/12\/08\/meet-the-papal-lawn-mower-vatican-gets-custom-mower\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:28:43","slug":"meet-the-papal-lawn-mower-vatican-gets-custom-mower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/2025\/12\/08\/meet-the-papal-lawn-mower-vatican-gets-custom-mower\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Papal Lawn Mower: Vatican Gets Custom Mower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faq-summary\">\n<p><strong>Q: What\u2019s the big news from the Vatican this week?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The Vatican&#8217;s gardeners have received a brand new, custom-designed electric lawn mower, specially gifted by Czech manufacturer Swardman and featuring the Holy See\u2019s coat of arms.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Who received this unique gift and what makes it special?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV personally received the white Electra 2.0 mower, which boasts luxurious leather-lined handles and was hand-assembled in the Czech Republic, making it a truly bespoke piece of gardening equipment.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Where will this &#8220;papal lawn mower&#8221; be used?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: This quiet, precision-cutting machine is destined for the beautiful Vatican Gardens or possibly the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, helping to maintain their pristine appearance.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Why did a Czech company give the Pope a lawn mower?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The gift was facilitated by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Czech Embassy to the Holy See, with the manufacturer, Swardman, seeing it as an &#8220;incredibly powerful experience&#8221; to present their elegant and functional equipment to the pontiff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/papal-lawn-mower-vatican-garden-gift-swardman. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dmnL7p5I0n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/papal-lawn-mower-vatican-garden-gift-swardman\">You heard of the popemobile, now meet the papal lawn mower<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;You heard of the popemobile, now meet the papal lawn mower&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/papal-lawn-mower-vatican-garden-gift-swardman\/embed#?secret=3HgB7EMNZU#?secret=dmnL7p5I0n\" data-secret=\"dmnL7p5I0n\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What\u2019s the big news from the Vatican this week? A: The Vatican&#8217;s gardeners have received a brand new, custom-designed electric lawn mower, specially gifted by Czech manufacturer Swardman and featuring the Holy See\u2019s coat of arms. Q: Who received this unique gift and what makes it special? A: Pope Leo XIV personally received the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}