Pope Leo Tells Youth in Madrid to Be 'Sparks of a New Humanity'
The long-running Caritas Madrid project supports about 2,500 people a year as more than 20 professionals aid those facing housing instability.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV met more than 400,000 youth at Plaza de Lima in Madrid, urging them to "be human" and become "sparks of a new humanity" amid violence and fake connections.
- Rising interest in spirituality among youth drives engagement, as a GAD3 survey of 10,000 young Spanish people found Generation members increasingly finding personal meaning in faith, with adult baptisms in Madrid reaching a record 900 last year.
- Before the vigil, Pope Leo visited Cedia 24 Horas, a Caritas Madrid social project founded in 1977 where more than 20 professionals support the 2,500 people who received aid last year.
- A group of 10 youth joined the Pope onstage to ask personal questions about faith during the vigil, which featured a Eucharistic adoration before paintings from the nearby Museo Nacional del Prado.
- The six-day trip continues a legacy of papal visits to Spain, taking Pope Leo to Barcelona and the Canary Islands, following previous visits by John Paul in 1982 and 2003.
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Pope Leo XIV is moving in popemobile along the Paseo de la Castellana towards the Plaza de Lima, where he is expected to pronounce a homily to the thousands of young people who are already waiting for him gathered in the place. The event is part of one of the most numerous appointments of his visit to Spain, which will extend for six days and will also include stops in Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
His first day will end with a prayer vigil near the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Real Madrid, where 400,000 people are expected.
Both Pope Leo XIV and Benedict XVI visited before his appointment as Holy Father the Valley of the Fallen, which now threatens to desecrate Sanchez until its final destruction. While a 25-meter-long pilgrim cross in the heart of Madrid has unleashed an unusual expectation. Dozens of curious people stop, pull out their mobile phone and photograph the Catholic symbol of redemption in Lima Square, where on Saturday Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the E…
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