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Leo XIV Expected in Spain for the First Visit of a Pope in the Country in Fifteen Years

The American Pope begins this Saturday an apostolic journey to Madrid where he will be welcomed by the royal couple. A three-step journey that will also take him to Catalonia and the Canary Islands until June 12. For the first visit of a pope to the country since Benedict XIV in 2011, the head of the Catholic Church will multiply political and pastoral appointments.

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Pope Leon XIV begins today a tour of Spain that will continue until Friday next week and will take him first to Madrid after Barcelona and finally to the Canary Islands, where he will know first hand the migratory reality in the archipelago.Continue reading...

·Granada, Spain
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The American Pope begins this Saturday an apostolic journey to Madrid where he will be welcomed by the royal couple. A three-step journey that will also take him to Catalonia and the Canary Islands until June 12. For the first visit of a pope to the country since Benedict XIV in 2011, the head of the Catholic Church will multiply political and pastoral appointments.

·Paris, France
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It has been 15 years since the last visit of a Pontiff to our country. In addition to how much the world has changed at this time, the character of Benedict’s trip was very different, so Leon’s stay in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands will be very different.

·Spain
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Thousands of faithful crowd Madrid to welcome Leon XIV on a day marked by emotion, Andalusian presence and the festive atmosphere in the streets of the capital León XIV to Spanish youth: "You can change history, do it co

The breakdown of the historic Spanish parliamentary protocol will mark Leon XIV’s first apostolic visit to Spain, where the head of the Catholic Church will give a speech to the local legislators. The U.S. pontiff, elected on May 8, 2025, seeks to consolidate his geopolitical influence through an agenda that combines massive demonstrations of faith with a strong intervention in the states of political power in Madrid. Kings Felipe VI and Letizia…

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Between June 6 and the next day 12, Leon XIV, head of the Catholic Church, will make a visit in our country “Apostolic”.

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abc broke the news in Spain on Friday, June 5, 2026.
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