Huge crowds throng Madrid streets for Pope's open-air Mass

The pontiff waved at those gathered from his popemobile as he arrived at the Plaza de Cibeles.

With Leo and Bad Bunny touring Madrid, the bigger star might be the pope

The previously stoic pope is drawing huge crowds and seems to be making a star turn, enthralling the faithful with emotive assurance.

By Anthony Faiola

Sagrada Familia organist to lead landmark Mass as Pope Leo XIV visits Spain

The pontiff is expected in Barcelona on June 10 for the inauguration of the monumental main tower of the basilica envisioned by Antoni Gaudí. Chief organist Juan de la Rubia is in charge of the musical repertoire for the ceremony.

More than a million people join Pope Leo for outdoor Mass in Madrid

In his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, pope urges world leaders to stop dividing electorates and to respect ‘every human being’ More than a million people have filled the streets near one of Madrid’s main squares to join Pope Leo for an outdoor Mass, likely to be the largest event of his week-long visit to Spain. Throngs of people pressed along barriers near the landmark Cibeles Square, waving flags and shouting “Long live the pope”, as Leo arrived in his white popemobile for the ...

By Reuters in Madrid

1 million people flood Madrid streets to see the pope's flower-carpeted procession

The crowd cheered and shouted "This is the youth of the pope!" as Pope Leo arrived for Mass at a central Madrid plaza. It's the first papal visit to Spain in 15 years.

By The Associated Press

People flood Madrid streets to see Pope Leo’s flower-carpeted procession

Pope Leo XIV hails Spain’s ‘school of faith’ at Madrid Mass, urges unity amid vast Corpus Domini crowds.

Pope Leo XIV jokes young Spaniards would pick Bad Bunny over him during Madrid visit this weekend

Pope Leo XIV joked that young Spaniards might choose Bad Bunny over him during his Madrid visit, but an estimated 500,000 gathered for a vigil.

Pope Leo tells 1.2 million crowd in Madrid that God stands with the poor

Leo said he hoped the visit would set an example to the world about respecting "every human being" and urged leaders to stop dividing electorates.

Pope's Mass in Spain features iconic procession along flower-carpeted route

Hundreds of thousands of people poured into a central Madrid plaza on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV 's main Mass and a procession highlighting one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: flower carpets.

More than 1 million people flood Madrid streets to see Pope Leo preside over open-air Mass

Pope Leo honoured Spain’s centuries-old tradition of religious devotion on Sunday as a “school of faith” for today, as he presided over a Mass before more than a million people that highlighted one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: a procession over flower-petal carpets. The crowd cheered and shouted “This is the youth of the pope!” as Leo arrived for the Mass at a central Madrid plaza. He looped around the plaza and surrounding streets in his Popemobile before a crowd...

By Associated Press

Pope Leo in Spain: More than a million line Madrid streets

Huge crowds welcomed Pope Leo XIV to Madrid on Sunday. The pontiff is on a five-day trip around Spain during which he is meeting vulnerable people such as migrants and the homeless, and promoting "genuine human values."

Pope in Spain: The "rockstar" effect

Massimo Faggioli is a Church Historian and Professor in Historical and Contemporary Ecclesiology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

By Gavin LEE

More than a million line the streets of Madrid to see Pope Leo

People waved flags and shouted ‘Long live the pope’

By Joshua McElwee

Pope Leo tells 1.2 million crowd in Madrid that God stands with the poor

In Madrid, Pope calls for compassion towards 'every human being'

The pope also expressed hope earlier that Madrid would "remain a welcoming and inclusive city, where social life is inspired by genuine human values."

More than one million people gather in Madrid for Pope’s Mass and procession along flower-carpeted route

They cheered and shouted ‘This is the youth of the Pope’ as Leo arrived in the plaza on Sunday morning

By Nicole Winfield and Suman Naishadham

Over 1.2 million people attend Pope's mass in Madrid

More than a million people filled the streets of Madrid and one of its main squares this morning to catch a glimpse of Pope Leo XIV as he made his way to an open-air Mass.

More than a million line Madrid streets to see Pope Leo

Around 1.2 million people lined Madrid's main thoroughfare Paseo de la Castellana toward Cibeles Square as Pope Leo made his way to an open-air Mass that was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain.

Over one million people gather in Madrid for Pope’s Mass

They cheered and shouted ‘This is the youth of the Pope’ as Leo arrived in the plaza on Sunday morning.

Parañaque prelate’s retirement accepted by Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV accepted on Saturday the retirement of Parañaque Bishop Jesse Mercado after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 years on June 6. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported that Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown announced the decision during a Mass for Mercado’s birthday at San Agustin Parish Church

By jvicente

More than a million line Madrid streets to see Pope Leo

People wave flags and shout, 'Long live the pope,' as Leo is driven in popemobile down

By Reuters

Pope Leo's Madrid Mass draws over 1.2 million Catholic faithful

Over 1.2 million people gathered in Madrid Sunday for a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV, who called for a renewal of the Catholic faith in Spain, during one of the largest religiou...

Over 1.2 million people attend Pope’s mass in Madrid

More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid on Sunday for a mass by Pope Leo XIV at which he called for a renewal of the Catholic faith in Spain. The post Over 1.2 million people attend Pope’s mass in Madrid appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Akinbayo Wahab