Pope Leo XIV blesses a child during a meeting with migrants at the "Las Raices" center, in San Cristobal de la Laguna in Spain. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide ca…

As Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain comes to an end, the party that might have been expected to welcome a papal visit most enthusiastically is instead the most un…

LAS PALMAS, Spain (RNS) — At a Canary Islands port marked by migrant suffering, Pope Leo XIV told survivors of trafficking that their dignity cannot be taken f…

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colors and light,” as he marked the centenary of the death of its architect, …

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV went on a whistlestop tour of Catalan Catholic heritage.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe, fulfilling a wi…

Pope Leo XIV has described Barcelona's Sagrada Família as a masterpiece of "stones, colours and light" as he inaugurated its newest - and tallest - tower. The…

BARCELONA – On his second day in Barcelona, Pope Leo XIV blessed and inaugurated a recently completed tower on the city’s renowned Sagrada Familia basilica, wh…

Watch live coverage as Pope Leo XIV holds Mass at Barcelona’s iconic La Sagrada Família designed by Antoni Gaudí. Leo will also bless the basilica, which is no…

BARCELONA, Spain (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV said he started appreciating soccer as a bishop in Peru. On the papal plane to Spain, he weighed in on one of the most he…

Pope Leo XIV will hold mass at Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Família where he will offer a papal blessing to the highest spire of what is now the tallest church i…