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Madrid Gears Up as Pope León XIV’s June Visit Opens Registration

City officials call the turnout a major logistics test that will strain transport and security plans.

El papa León XIV en el papamóvil tras celebrar la misa de Pascua en la Basílica de San Pedro en el Vaticano en diciembre de 2025.
El papa de Roma León XIV.
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Overview

  • Organizers opened online registration Thursday for the large public events in Madrid and the Canary Islands.
  • The visit starts June 6 with a youth vigil at Plaza de Lima by the Bernabéu and continues June 7 with a Corpus Christi Mass in Plaza de Cibeles followed by a procession.
  • A speech to a joint session of Spain’s Parliament is planned for June 8, which would be the first papal address to the Cortes in that format.
  • Barcelona organizers propose a June 9 gathering at the Estadi Olímpic and a June 10 Sagrada Família ceremony for the new Jesus Tower, though both await final Vatican approval.
  • Madrid estimates about 500,000 people for the vigil and 1.5 million for the Mass, a “gigantic logistical challenge” compounded by a Bad Bunny concert and other events that same weekend.