Madrid, June 7, 2026 (AFP) - 'Joy, faith, love': giant crowd flocks to pope's Madrid mass

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2026-06-07

A jubilant crowd of Catholic faithful filled Madrid with chants, cheers and applause on Sunday as an open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV imbued the Spanish capital with religious fervour. Cibeles Square -- best known as the rallying point for Real Madrid fans celebrating their club's titles -- was transformed into a giant communion of a different kind on day two of the pontiff's visit to Spain. A human tsunami -- numbering more than 1.2 million people......

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