Right in the center of Madrid City, Pope Leo XIV, leads Corpus Christi Sunday celebrations with over 1.2 million people participating.
The Head of the Catholic Church urged Spaniards “to ensure that the religiosity which has shaped and defined this country for centuries is not a museum of the past to be visited, but a school of faith from which to draw even today.”
Pope Leo XIV presided over the Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ at the commencement of the second day of his papal visit to Spain.
Pope Leo XIV expressed his joy in being with the crowd as over 1.2 million converged at the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid and surrounding avenues “gathered around the Eucharist, the gift of Christ’s living presence among us”.
The Sovereign of the Vatican City State said, on this day, we remember in a way that is special how the Lord offered us his life willingly “so that we might enter into communion with the Father and become his children”, and how He “is here as the living Bread come down from heaven, to nourish us with the very life of God, with a love stronger than death”.
Also, the Pope paid tribute to the rich history of Spain’s celebration of the presence of the Lord in the Eucharist Bread, where in the City of Madrid and other parts of Spain, the feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated in a distinct way “to the heart of the faith to renew our love and fidelity to God”.
Photo: Pope Leo XIV
