The candle is ready, we are waiting for Pope Leo XIV to announce when beekeepers from all over the world will be able to visit the Vatican!
Today we blessed a candle made of pure beeswax in Polzela. The blessing was performed by the Archbishop of Maribor, Metropolitan Msgr. Alojzij Cvikl. The beeswax candle was made together by beekeepers and citizens of Polzela, for which the Beekeepers’ Association of Slovenia and the European Beekeeping Association would like to thank them. The candle will be stored and exhibited at the Beekeepers’ Association of Slovenia until it is handed over to Pope Leo XIV.
The Beekeepers’ Association of Slovenia and the European Beekeeping Association have long been striving for Pope Leo XIV to offer a mass for all beekeepers of the world in 2026. Through the Ambassador of Slovenia to the Vatican, Mr. Franc But, we have already established contacts with the Holy See, and we are also looking for other ways to agree on a date with the Holy See as soon as possible, so that we can immediately start organizing a visit to the Vatican from Slovenia, Europe and the world.
We want the “world” to also receive the Vatican’s message about the importance of bees and bee products. We also want the world to realize that bees cannot survive today without the help of beekeepers!
The candle weighs 17kg and is 1m tall.
We also want Pope Leo XIV to warn the world about the necessity of preserving bees and beekeepers, because without bees and beekeepers there will be no pollination and thus no food, so there will be even more hunger, which is unacceptable in the modern world! We all know that bee products are what strengthen our health, so we want to remind the Pope, and through him the entire world, that unfortunately almost half of the honey on the market is fake and that only real honey, produced exclusively by bees, strengthens health!
