Hundreds of thousands gathered in Madrid for Pope Leo XIV's Mass and a procession featuring flower-carpeted routes, a significant display of Spanish popular piety.

<img alt="man waving" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/224deb20-9afe-4bd4-a237-98ee9e1acd86,1780820013646/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C217%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at Plaza de Cibeles for a Holy Mass and Corpus Christi procession in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands." width="620" /><p>Hundreds of thousands of people pou...