Pope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’
Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, during his apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
MADRID (RNS) – Before one of the largest crowds of his young pontificate, Pope Leo XIV used Spain’s Corpus Christi celebrations to call Catholics in an increasingly secular country back to a public, living faith.
