Pope greets farmers present in St. Peter's Square

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 18 - Pope Francis on Sunday greeted Italian farmers who came to St Peter's at the Vatican's invitation to urge him to lend his voice to their cause.
    "I greet the farmers and the livestock breeders present in the square," the Pope said at his regular Sunday Angelus prayer and blessing.
    The 'Italian Farmers', group, one of several who have continued their protest despite government income tax concessions, brought their tractors and a cow to St Peter's and donated one of the vehicles to the Argentine pontiff. (ANSA).