A divided Spain awaits Leo
Thousands gathered in Madrid last Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
ALAMY, AARON HEREDIA SÁNCHEZ; WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
As elsewhere in Europe, there has been an increase in adult baptisms and interest in Catholicism in young people, and Holy Week processions remain popular, but practising Catholics make up only around 20 per cent of the population.
WHEN POPE LEO XIV addresses Las Cortes, the parliament in Madrid, on 8 June, the first pope ever to do so, he will have to navigate his way through Spain’s highly polarised political class. According to Emilio Sáenz-Francés, professor of History and International Relations at Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia Comillas, the Pope’s visit will at best bring about “a temporary ceasefire” in Spanish politics.
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