Pope Calls on Spanish Youth to "Be the Sparks of a New Humanity"
Pope Leo XIV told young people to seek prayer and silence, saying 600,000 gathered for the vigil and questions on faith and life.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV led a youth prayer vigil at Madrid's Plaza de Lima, drawing 600,000 attendees for the final event of his busy day during his week-long Spain visit.
- Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal José Cobo Cano opened the celebration by addressing challenges facing today's youth, after which young representatives posed questions to the Pope about faith, testimony, and modern life.
- Drawing on his missionary years in Peru, the Pope cited Saint John Chrysostom, Thomas of Villanueva, and Turibius of Mogrovejo as figures whose truth, charity, and justice deepened his own faith.
- The Pope emphasized silence as essential for recognizing God's voice amid modern noise, while quoting the ancient Letter to Diognetus to urge engagement with society without captivity to passing ideologies.
- In his final appeal, Pope Leo challenged youth to become "the sparks of a new humanity" by combating violence and falsehood in the digital world while following Christ's example.
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Yesterday, Lima Square became the beating heart of Spain. More than half a million young people thronged the Paseo de la Castellana to participate in the Prayer Vigil presided over by Leo XIV. It was not just another event. It was a tangible demonstration that Spain remains Catholic, regardless of who it may offend. Read more
Thousands of young people have gathered this Saturday afternoon in the capital to accompany Leo XIV in one of his first official acts in the country. Many of them claim that there is a 'boom' of religion in front of what they consider to be a 'crisis of values'.
Madrid beyond everything that surrounds the Plaza de Lima, meeting point of the vigil, continued as always. In Sáinz de Baranda two middle-aged men shared...
Pope calls on Spanish youth to "be the sparks of a new humanity"
Meeting with young Spaniards for a prayer vigil in Madrid, Pope Leo XIV offered words of encouragement and hope. In his question and answer dialogue with the youth representatives, he called on them to be missionaries of the Gospel in order to change history for a better world. Read all
Half a million young people have been able to enjoy the presence of Pope Leon XIV in a crowded Plaza de Lima in Madrid. Attendees have sung...
José Antonio and Manuel are part of the expedition of the parish of San Bartolomé, in Murcia, which has arrived in Madrid to attend Pope Leo XIV's large Vigil this Saturday on the first day of his apostolic journey to Spain. "We come 440 people: 40 adults and 400 young people, to see the Pope," explains José Antonio. "We come with great enthusiasm, where the Pope goes, we go," Manuel adds. "Simply with the fact of accompanying him, we are alread…
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