{"id":1266,"date":"2026-06-07T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2026-06-07T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T09:07:08","slug":"more-than-a-million-line-madrid-streets-to-see-pope-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1266","title":{"rendered":"More than a million line Madrid streets to see Pope Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>MADRID, June 7 (Reuters) &#8211; Over a million people filled the \u200bstreets of Madrid and one of its main squares on Sunday morning \u200cto catch a glimpse of Pope Leo as he made his way to an open-air Mass in what was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain.<\/div><div>People waved flags and \u200bshouted, &#8220;Long live the pope&#8221; as Leo was driven in the popemobile down \u200bMadrid&#8217;s main thoroughfare Paseo de la Castellana toward Cibeles Square, where \u2060he was due to preside over the Mass. Some tossed flower petals as \u200bhe arrived in the square.<\/div><div>Some 1.2 million people were in the square and its \u200bsurrounding streets, the Vatican and local organisers said.<\/div><div>&#8220;May Madrid remain a welcoming and inclusive city, where social life is inspired by genuine human values,&#8221; Leo wrote in a guest book as he \u200bwas handed the key to the city by its mayor.<\/div><div>Leo began his trip on \u200bSaturday with meetings with migrants and the homeless and a vigil with about 600,000 young people \u200cin \u2060Madrid. His June 6-12 visit also includes stops in Barcelona and the Canary Islands, where he will meet migrants who have risked their lives crossing there from West Africa.<\/div><div>He said he hoped the visit, his first to an EU country outside Italy, \u200bwould set an \u200bexample to the \u2060world about respecting &#8220;every human being&#8221; and urged leaders to stop dividing electorates.<\/div><div>&#8220;I am delighted that he is praying for us migrants and \u200bfor our safety,&#8221; said Andrea Margarita, a 72-year-old Peruvian who arrived \u200bin Spain \u2060six months ago, as she waited in the crowd in a wheelchair with her daughter.<\/div><div>After Mass, Leo was scheduled to hold a private meeting with fellow members of \u2060his Augustinian \u200breligious order in the afternoon before meeting figures \u200bfrom the world of entertainment, sport and culture at a concert venue in central Madrid.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Corina Pons\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6fab8a6f4a0d2132d7a9fab5fdeb208d.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Corina Pons<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1263\">Pochettino happy with US response despite loss to Germany<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1261\">Bouygues-led consortium signs $23.44 billion deal to buy SFR from Altice France<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1258\">OPEC+ set for fourth oil quota\u00a0hike since Hormuz closure, sources say<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a million people filled the \u200bstreets of Madrid and one of its main squares on Sunday morning \u200cto catch a glimpse of Pope Leo as he made his way to an open-air Mass in what was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,12],"class_list":["post-1266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-europe","tag-human-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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