Well-Travelled Pope Leo Knows Spain Better than Many Spaniards, Author Says
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The journalist and writer has just published 'Leon XIV, the Pope of the New Age', a book that exhausted its first edition in just a few days
Diario de Cádiz
Wojtyla starred in the autumn of 1982 in a ten-day visit, the longest one carried out by a Pope Sevilla returns to Leon XIV: Half a thousand young people go to the meeting with the Pope in Madrid
The arrival of Leon XIV will become the ninth papal visit to Spain after fifteen years of absence. From 1982 to 2011, the popes traveled to the country eight times, and each stay was an event that surpassed the religious to become a social and mass event. Spain was consolidated as well as one of the destinations most frequented by the pontiff. Next, we review those eight apostolic trips.
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain from June 6 to 12, 2026. Prior to him, John Paul II and Benedict XVI (but not Francis) went there several times, especially on the occasion of World Youth Days.
Well-travelled Pope Leo knows Spain better than many Spaniards, author says
Juan Vicente Boo, the Vatican correspondent for the Spanish newspaper ABC for 23 years, says the current pontiff is, among the popes of the last five centuries, the one who “knows Spain best,” as it is a country he visited on nearly 50 occasions before becoming pope.The first of his trips to Spain dates back to July 1982. Robert Prevost was 26 years old at the time and had been a priest for just over a month and a half. Together with several com…
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