Sánchez will not attend Mass at the beginning of Leo XIV’s papacy for going to a meeting on Gaza in Iraq

The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, will not attend the meeting and all points to the fact that the minister María Jesús Montero will be the representative of the executive in Rome next Sunday

Pedro Sánchez will not attend the mass at the beginning of the papacy of Leon XIV, scheduled for this Sunday, May 18, in St. Peter’s Square of the Vatican. The Spanish representation will be headed by the Kings Philip VI and Letizia, accompanied by the First Vice President, Maria Jesús Montero, as Minister of the Day. Moncloa explained that Sanchez’s absence is due to pre-prepared international commitments: on May 16, she will participate in the…

The Kings of Spain, Philip VI and Letizia, will attend this Sunday, May 18, the Mass of the beginning of the Pontificate of Leo XIV, as reflected in the agenda of the Royal House. A celebration that will begin at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, in which Robert Prevost will receive the Ring of the Fisherman and the Palius, symbols of the pontifical power. In this way, the monarchs will return to the Vatican three weeks after attending the funeral …

There will also be delegations and heads of State from all over the world

The kings Philip VI and Letizia will attend the opening Mass of the papacy of Leo XIV on Sunday May 18 in Rome and predictably will do so.