Francis had never been to Spain. This choice expressed, implicitly, the geography of a pontificate turned towards the geographical peripheries, but also “social and existential”. By devoting a week to Spain, Leo XIV perhaps broke less with this heritage than he displaced it. His journey will begin on Saturday June 6 with honors at the Royal Palace in Madrid. But immediately, the pope will go to a Caritas reception center in the Madrid suburbs. This entire trip will take place in this swing between official meetings and social sequences, with the homeless of Carabanchel, prisoners of Barcelona or even migrants from the port of Arguineguín.
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