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Almeida Gives Pope Leon XIV the Golden Key of the Villa of Madrid: "Let It Remain a Welcoming and Inclusive City"

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The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has given Pope Leon XIV the Golden Key of the Villa of Madrid when he arrived at the Palacio de Cibeles, minutes before the beginning of the Mass attended by more than a million people, the most massive event of his official visit to Spain. The Golden Key is the maximum institutional distinction granted by the City of Madrid as a gesture of hospitality and international friendship. The concession …

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Pope Leo XIV has travelled by Popemobile the central section of Paseo de la Castellana to the Plaza de Cibeles before officiating the Mass of Corpus Christi. During the journey, thousands of faithful have gathered in Madrid and many have wanted him to bless their babies. The Pontiff has stopped on more than one occasion to give his blessing in several moments to different children. Subsequently, before more than 1.2 million people, he has offici…

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Madrid experienced one of the most symbolic moments of Leo XIV's visit to Spain this Sunday. Hours before presiding over the massive Corpus Christi Mass in Cibeles Square, the Pope received the Golden Key of the City of Madrid, the highest institutional distinction awarded by the city council. Read more

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The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has given Pope Leon XIV the Golden Key of the Villa of Madrid when he arrived at the Palacio de Cibeles, minutes before the beginning of the Mass attended by more than a million people, the most massive event of his official visit to Spain. The Golden Key is the maximum institutional distinction granted by the City of Madrid as a gesture of hospitality and international friendship. The concession …

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Leon XIV has become the last of the dozens of international personalities to receive the Golden Key of the City of Madrid. A distinction with which, throughout the history of recent Spanish democracy, other institutional and political figures of the stature of US President Richard Nixon, Romanian President Nicolae Ceaucescu or, more recently, the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition Edmundo González and María Corina Machado have been recognized.

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Today at 10 a.m. Mass was celebrated in Cibeles Square before thousands of parishioners

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lacronicabadajoz.com broke the news on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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