Pope Leo heads to Spain with migrants and polarisation in focus
- Posted on June 5, 2026
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Pope Leo heads to Spain with migrants and polarisation in focus
VATICAN CITY, June 6 (Reuters) - Pope Leo leaves on Saturday for a week-long visit to Spain, his first to an EU country outside Italy, where he will inaugurate a new tower in Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia basilica and meet migrants who braved dangerous Atlantic waters to reach Europe. The first American head of the Catholic Church is expected to draw large crowds on the June 6-12 trip, which also includes stops in Madrid, Montserrat Monastery and the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago
