Overview
- The Spanish royals held a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace, a meeting reported to have lasted about 50 minutes.
- Queen Letizia exercised the privilège du blanc, wearing white for the papal audience in line with a rare honor accorded to certain Catholic consorts.
- King Felipe was invested with an honorary role at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, a distinction historically associated with Spanish monarchs.
- Per Exaudi News reporting cited in coverage, the ceremony at St. Mary Major was presided over by Bishop Rolandas Makrickas and attended by Spain’s ambassador to the Holy See, Isabel Celaá.
- Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to make an Apostolic Visit to Spain on June 6–12, which would be the first papal trip to the country during Felipe’s reign.