{"id":13249,"date":"2024-01-24T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:33:51","slug":"item_1_946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_1_946\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine is a Gift from God, says Pope Francis in Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13249\" class=\"elementor elementor-13249\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tPosted: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:00\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.facebook.com%2Fdocs%2Fplugins%2F&#038;width=450&#038;layout&#038;action&#038;size&#038;share=false&#038;height=35&#038;appId\" width=\"450\" height=\"35\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; 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margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240122T0715-POPE-WINE-GROWERS-1771640-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis meets with winegrowers, winemakers and others taking part in an event organized by Vinitaly -- an international wine and spirits exhibition held in Verona, Italy, every year for industry professionals at the Vatican, Jan. 22, 2024.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240122T0715-POPE-WINE-GROWERS-1771640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240122T0715-POPE-WINE-GROWERS-1771640-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240122T0715-POPE-WINE-GROWERS-1771640.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis meets with winegrowers, winemakers and others taking part in an event organized by Vinitaly &#8212; an international wine and spirits exhibition held in Verona, Italy, every year for industry professionals at the Vatican, Jan. 22, 2024. Pic: Courtesy (CNS\/Vatican Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> made the comments during a private audience at the Vatican with winemakers from different parts of Italy. Welcoming his audience, he joked: \u201cThis seems like a drunk pope\u201d, and said: Wine, land, agricultural skills and entrepreneurialism are gifts from God. The creator has entrusted them to us because, with our sensitivity and honesty, we make them a true source of joy.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Pope exhorted the winemakers to reflect on the moral and ethical responsibilities in their work and to treat their workers and the environment with respect while encouraging healthy drinking habits.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organised by <strong>Domenico Pompili<\/strong>, the Bishop of Verona, before the Vinitaly international wine trade fair that takes place in Verona in Veneto in April. Pompili said the key to staying healthy was drinking wine in moderation, Even Saint Paul said that a glass of wine was good to cheer you up- but in moderation.<\/p>\n<p>Francis had endorsed wine in the past as well. During an audience in 2016, he had said that wine was an integral part of a wedding celebration. \u201cA wedding party where no wine makes the newlyweds ashamed, imagine you finish the wedding party drinking tea,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n<p>The words have had a salutary effect on the Italian wine producers who have immediately embraced them and have fought against European health warnings. Italy has been resisting the EU proposals to make health warnings on alcoholic drinks mandatory across the EU after Ireland was given approval by the European Commission to adopt the measure. The move in Ireland, which was met with protest by Italy, Spain and six other EU states, will lead to health warning labels being placed on bottles of wine, beer and spirits from 2026, according to <a title=\"media reports\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/earthbeat\/faith\/wine-working-land-selling-its-fruits-are-gifts-god-pope-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">media report<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wine consumption has steadily declined in Italy for the last 15 years with an increase in moderate consumption. Italian wine associations have often argued that Italians have a healthier relationship with the beverage compared with their counterparts in northern Europe. <strong>Federico<\/strong> <strong>Bricolo<\/strong>, President of Veronafiere, organisers of Vinitaly, said the pope\u2019s tribute was a reminder that drinking wine was a symbol of tradition and a socially and environmentally sustainable economic system.<\/p>\n<p>The skills of winegrowers are also valuable messages for the soul, Pope Francis said. &#8220;Wine, the land, farming skills and entrepreneurial activity are gifts from God. The event was dedicated to Italian wine and the economy of Francesco, an economy inspired by St. Francis of Assisi that respects the earth and promotes peace and justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is good that you find yourselves reflecting together on the ethical aspects and moral responsibilities involved (in wine production) and that you draw inspiration from the &#8216;Poverello&#8217; of Assisi,&#8221; he told the group during the audience at the Vatican on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:00 Wine is a Gift from God, says Pope Francis in Vatican 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