We follow the religious leader on his fourth day in our country. Prevost leaves Madrid and begins his agenda in Barcelona
He Pope Leo XIV This Tuesday, he begins the second stage of his apostolic journey to Spain with a day of marked pastoral profile in Barcelona: at 12:25 he is scheduled to land at the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, and half an hour later he will preside over the Middle Hour prayer in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, where Cardinal Archbishop Juan José Omella will receive him for a homily and a moment of reflection in the crypt. The day culminates with a mass prayer vigil at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Montjuïc, before some 40,000 people, starting at 8:00 p.m., with musical performances, testimonies and a dialogue between the pontiff and three young people.
Monday, the third day of the visit, left two unprecedented moments in Madrid: Leo On Monday he ended it with a mass bath at the Santiago Bernabéu, where he put an end to his most demanding day in our country.
Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona to a standing ovation from 40,000 people.
The vigil of Pope Leo XIV at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona will offer confessions in the middle of the event
Some 50 confession points staffed by priests will be able to receive faithful continuously during the vigil that Pope Leo XIV will preside over this Tuesday at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. The priest Miguel Álvarez has described that this moment will be lived as “a grace, a blessing” for confessors. A Colombian faithful identified as Rocío has declared to EFE that being able to confess before listening to the pontiff has been “a very great gift.”
Pope Leo XIV has already left the Episcopal Palace of Barcelona, specifically at 7:22 p.m., and circulates through the streets of the Catalan city towards the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, where those attending the Prayer Vigil await him from 6:00 p.m.
Yolanda Díaz describes Pope Leo XIV as “the best ambassador of decent work in the world”
The second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, has supported from Geneva the figure of Pope Leo XIV as a reference in the defense of migrants, equality and labor rights facing the challenges of artificial intelligence. “He is the best ambassador of decent work in the world,” he declared to EFE apart from his participation in the International Labor Conference, where he compared the pontiff with his predecessor, Pope Francis.
The visit of Pope Leo XIV has revolutionized Spain. In his first days of travel, in Madrid, the pontiff gathered one and a half million people at a mass in Plaza de Cibeles, another half a million at the vigil in Plaza Lima and some 70,000 people inside the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
Salvador Illa meets with Pope Leo XIV for 15 minutes at the Episcopal Palace and gives him three gifts about the history of Catalonia
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, held a 15-minute private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Episcopal Palace of Barcelona. During the meeting, they spoke about the international context, the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the upcoming blessing of the Holy Family. Afterwards, Illa gave the pontiff three gifts that, as she declared on social networks, “explain Catalonia: a country with deep roots, proud of its language and its history.”
He offered to Pope Leo XIV three gifts that explain Catalonia: a country of deep arrels, proud of its rich language and its rich history, and committed to peace, coexistence and common good.
– A Copy of the Act of col·location of the First Stone of the Temple Expiatori of… pic.twitter.com/mSBi59Ophd
— Salvador Illa Roca (@salvadorilla) June 9, 2026
Some 40,000 people fill the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona for the vigil with Pope Leo XIV
40,000 people gathered this Tuesday at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona for the prayer vigil presided over by Pope Leo XIV, the largest event of his visit to the Catalan city. The pontiff will arrive at the site by popemobile around 8:00 p.m., and will be received by the cardinal archbishop Juan José Omella. The closing of the event will be carried out by the Escolania de Montserrat and the singer Sergio Dalma.
Pope Leo XVI met with Bad Bunny at the Bernabéu during his visit to Madrid
According to Vatican sources, the pontiff and the Puerto Rican artist met last night at the Real Madrid home.
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Madrid does not stop living religious experiences. Bad Bunny He landed in Spain almost three weeks ago to start the first of the 12 dates that the Puerto Rican gives in our country on the occasion of his tour I should have taken more photosten of them in the capital. On the other hand, the Pope Leo XVI He arrived in Madrid this Saturday. There have been many who have wondered during these days whether the pontiff and Benedict would agree.
Gran Canaria will give Pope Leo XIV a handmade cross and a compass found in a migrant canoe
The president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, will present Pope Leo XIV with two gifts that, as he explained, “represent the tradition, religious symbolism and reality of the island at the migratory crossroads.” The first piece is a cross made with the canary knife technique by artisan Daylos Kevin; the second, a compass recovered from a canoe that arrived at the Arguineguín dock, manufactured in China and used by migrants who left Senegal.
