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'Joy, faith, love': Pope Leo's Madrid mass draws giant crowd

MADRID, Spain — A jubilant crowd of Catholic faithful filled Madrid with chants, cheers and applause on Sunday as an open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV imbued the Spanish capital with religious fervor. Cibeles Square — best known as the rallying point for Real Madrid fans celebrating their club’s titles — was transformed into a giant communion of a different kind on day two of the pontiff’s visit to Spain. A human tsunami — numbering more than 1.2 million people according to organisers — braved the heat. Many lay on the bare pavements from the early morning to get a better […]... Keep on reading: 'Joy, faith, love': Pope Leo's Madrid mass draws giant crowd