Avoid identity approaches:
the culture of meeting generates stability and prosperity
The inspiration for “a renewed faith” and profound reconciliation, together with the invitation to counter “the temptation to gain popularity by fanning the flames of polarization”, instead promoting culture, interiority, free and quality education, transcendence. This was exhorted by Leo Raise your gaze it will touch Barcelona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Having taken off at 8.13 from Rome/Fiumicino airport, the aircraft with the Pope on board landed approximately two hours later at the “Adolfo Suárez” international airport in Madrid/Barajas, where the official welcome took place. During the flight, as usual, the Pontiff had greeted the media operators – on this occasion over 80 from more than 10 countries, and around 20 originally from Spain – reiterating, in response to the reporters’ questions, the need to pursue with determination, in Ukraine, the path of dialogue and peace. Furthermore, the Pope had excluded the idea of a “just war” in Iran and turned his thoughts to Lebanon, visited at the end of last year.
Along the route of approximately 25 kilometers from the airport to the Royal Palace, the warmth of the people of Madrid was palpable in the streets decorated with one hundred thousand white and yellow flowers, the colors of the Vatican, and ornamental and decorative elements on the balconies of the houses. In the afternoon, at 6pm, Leo XIV visits the «Cedia 24 horas», a meeting and reception center managed by the diocesan Caritas of Madrid. Then, in the evening, the prayer vigil with young people in Plaza de Lima. Tomorrow morning, June 7, on the solemnity of Corpus Christiin Plaza de Cibeles the Pontiff presides over the mass, with the traditional procession. Finally, in the afternoon, he reaches the Movistar Arena to meet the world of culture, art, economy and sport.
The Pope’s speech with the Authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps
