Overview
- The Holy See noted “satisfaction” with relations after talks at the Secretariat of State and said the upcoming journey was discussed.
- Reports indicate the apostolic trip is planned for 6–12 June with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands, pending the official program.
- Felipe VI formally assumed the symbolic title of protocanonigo at Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore following the Vatican audience.
- Spain’s delegation included Minister Félix Bolaños and Ambassador Isabel Celaá, while Pietro Parolin and Paul Richard Gallagher represented the Vatican side.
- The Spanish Episcopal Conference postponed a protocol on compensating clerical‑abuse victims, leaving the government without a concluded pact to present in Rome.