More than 1.2 million people gathered in Madrid for a mass led by Pope Leo XIV, who urged a renewal of faith. He encouraged Spaniards to view religion not as a relic of the past but as a source of present guidance.

More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid on Sunday for a mass by Pope Leo XIV at which he called for a renewal of the Catholic faith, saying Spaniards should not look at religion as "a museum of the past to be visited, but a school of faith from which to draw even today".