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humor El Mundo Today 2026-05-27

Spanish PM Convinces Pope to Absolve Zapatero, Declares "Let's Turn the Page!"

Prime Minister Sánchez has achieved a papal miracle, convincing Pope Leon XIV to absolve former Spanish PM Zapatero. This divine intervention, apparently involving extensive reading of legal documents with His Holiness, means Spain can finally move on from... whatever Zapatero did. Blessings abound, and apparently, so does papal paperwork.


<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="343" src="https://emtstatic.com/2026/05/sanchipapa-1-600x343.png" width="600" /></figure>El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, se ha reunido este miércoles por primera vez con el papa León XIV en el Vaticano y, en su comparecencia posterior, ha anunciado que el Pontífice ha absuelto a José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. «Su Santidad ha tenido el detalle de leer conmigo el auto y el extenso sumario y ambos hemos [&#8230;...

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