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Pope Leo XIV Opens Sagrada Familia Tower, Meets Migrants

5/7/2026

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Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain from June 6-12, 2026, to preside over a Mass in the Sagrada Familia basilica and inaugurate its new tower.
During the visit he will meet migrants in the Canary Islands, signaling the Vatican’s push for humane migration policies.
Spain’s socialist government is advancing a migrant amnesty that would legalize roughly 500,000 undocumented residents, a plan supported by the Catholic Church.

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Pope Leo XIV will travel to Spain from June 6-12, 2026, to preside over a Mass in the Sagrada Familia basilica and inaugurate its new tower.
During the visit he will meet migrants in the Canary Islands, signaling the Vatican’s push for humane migration policies.
Spain’s socialist government is advancing a migrant amnesty that would legalize roughly 500,000 undocumented residents, a plan supported by the Catholic Church.