Over 1.2 million people attend Pope's mass in Madrid

Author: Akinbayo WahabPublished on: June 7, 2026Country: Spain
World / International
Over 1.2 million people attend Pope's mass in Madrid

Over 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid on Sunday for a mass by Pope Leo XIV, who called for a renewal of the Catholic faith in Spain. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined the crowd in Cibeles Square. The pope said religion should not be seen as 'a museum of the past to be visited, but a school of faith from which to draw even today.' The seven-day visit comes as religious observance has sharply declined, with only 56% of Spaniards identifying as Catholic compared to 90% in the 1970s.

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