Pope Leo Draws 1.2 Million to Madrid Corpus Domini Mass
Organizers said 1.2 million people joined the Mass and procession, as flower carpets made by Galicia florists lined the route.
- On Sunday, 1.2 million people gathered at Madrid's Plaza Cibeles for Pope Leo XIV's procession celebrating the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day with elaborate floral carpets.
- Leo arrived in Spain during the week to highlight Catholic devotion and encourage young generations toward faith; a florists association from Galicia prepared the traditional floral displays.
- An estimated 600,000 young Spaniards knelt in silent prayer at Saturday night's vigil service, while florists used more than 30,000 flowers decorating the half-kilometer procession route.
- Crowds cheered "This is the youth of the Pope" as Leo urged attendees to never fear considering "a vocation to the priesthood or religious life."
- Later Sunday, Leo will meet privately with members of his Augustinian religious order and address cultural leaders, continuing his weeklong Spanish visit aimed at fostering unity.
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1 million people flood Madrid streets to see Pope Leo’s flower-carpeted procession
Pope Leo XIV honored Spain’s tradition of religious devotion on Sunday, as he presided over a Mass before a million people and highlighted one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety with a procession over flower-petal carpets.
The shots from the sky show the Paseo de la Castellana and Alcalá Street completely overflowed by a tide of pilgrims.
The words of Leo XIV in the Mass in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid in front of a million and 200 thousand faithful that ended with the procession of Corpus domains
The Church is still very attractive in Spain: according to the organizers, more than 1.2 million people came to the Corpus Christi Mass with Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Madrid.
Over 1.2 million people attend Pope’s mass in Madrid
More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid on Sunday for a mass by Pope Leo XIV at which he called for a renewal of the Catholic faith in Spain. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined throngs of devotees waving Spanish and Vatican flags in Cibeles Square for a service filled with religious symbolism. In his homily, Pope Leo said Spaniards should not look at religion as “a museum of the past to be visited, but a school of faith fr…
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