The Vatican has made public the official program for the visit of the Holy Father to Spain, which will take place between Saturday, June 6 and Friday, June 12, 2026.
It is a seven-day apostolic trip that will take the Pontiff to Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, in what is one of the most extensive papal visits to Spanish territory in recent decades.
To expand on the details of the trip, five of the six bishops who will receive the Pope in their territory gave a press conference this morning at the Episcopal Conference.
The prelates of the Canary Islands, Madrid and Barcelona at the press conference.
Madrid: institutional and large-scale meetings
Arrival is scheduled for the morning of Saturday 6 June to the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport. From there, the Pope will travel to the Royal Palace, where the official welcoming ceremony and a private meeting with the King and Queen of Spain will take place. Afterwards, the Pontiff will meet with authorities, representatives of civil society and the diplomatic corps.
In the afternoon he will visit the social project CEDIA, The day will close with a prayer vigil with young people in the emblematic Plaza de Lima.
Pope Sunday 7, the Holy Father will preside at a Mass in the Plaza de Cibeles and the Corpus Christi procession will take place, one of the central moments of the visit.
That same afternoon, the Movistar Arena will host a meeting with representatives of culture, art, economy and sports under the motto «Weaving networks».
Cardinal Cobo encouraged to «prepare the heart, so that it is not a trip in which the Pope comes and goes» without leaving a trace.
Meetings with politicians and bishops
Pope Monday 8 will be marked by the institutional agenda: meetings with the President of the Government and with the members of the Spanish Parliament in the Congress of Deputies. Bishop Argüello, president of the Episcopal Conference, highlighted the meeting that will take place with the two chambers of political representation, the Congress and the Senate. He also emphasized the importance of the trip with those most in need, from prisoners and immigrants, to the homeless people cared for by Caritas.
He will also meet with the bishops of Spain at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference and will pay homage to the Virgin of the Almudena in the cathedral of Madrid.
The day will culminate with a multitudinous meeting with the three dioceses -Madrid, Getafe and Alcalá- of Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Cardinal Cobo explained that the places in the stadium will be allocated through the diocesan delegations, religious orders and the plurality of Church institutions.
Meeting with victims of abuse
Both Saturday and Monday there are some free hours after lunch, which could be used to hold a meeting with victims of abuse. This type of meeting was usual in Pope Francis' trips, but it is unknown whether Leo XIV will continue with this custom.
In any case, the Vatican has always maintained secrecy about such events, so that victims can attend freely without pressure from public opinion.
Barcelona: prayer, periphery and the Sagrada Familia
Pope tuesday, june 9, After bidding farewell to the volunteers at IFEMA, the Pope will fly to Barcelona. He will pray the Midday Prayer at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Santa Eulalia and in the evening he will preside a prayer vigil at the Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys.
The day of the wednesday 10 will have a strong social and spiritual character. In the morning, the Pontiff will visit the Brians 1 penitentiary center, bringing a message of hope to the inmates.
He will then go to the Abbey of Montserrat to pray the Holy Rosary and share a meal with the Benedictine community. In the afternoon, he will meet with diocesan charitable organizations in the Church of St. Augustine and will close the day with a Holy Mass in the Basilica of the Holy Family, a scene of enormous symbolic significance for the Church and for the city.
Cardinal Omella encouraged journalists to pay attention to the messages of the Pope, «who speaks little, but his words are like darts» for those who listen to him.
The Canary Islands: welcoming migrants at the core of the project
The final leg of the journey will take the Pope to the Canary Islands, focusing on one of the great humanitarian challenges of our time: the migration. Bishop Mazuelos commented on the enormous expectation generated by the Pope's visit to the islands: «many people stop me and say: ‘Is the Pope coming with the Popemobile',» which shows the affection of the faithful to see Leo XIV.
Pope Thursday 11, In Gran Canaria, he will visit the port of Arguineguín, a point of arrival of thousands of people in recent years, where he will meet with the realities of welcoming migrants. Afterwards, he will meet with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and pastoral agents, and will preside a Holy Mass at the Gran Canaria Stadium.
Pope friday, june 12, On the last day of the trip, the Holy Father will travel to Tenerife. He will visit the Las Raíces reception center and meet with organizations dedicated to the integration of migrants.
The visit will conclude with a Holy Mass in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife before the farewell ceremony at Tenerife Norte-Los Rodeos airport, from where he will depart for Rome.
A journey with multiple dimensions
The visit combines institutional meetings at the highest level, large liturgical celebrations open to the public, gestures towards the social peripheries - prisons, reception projects, volunteering - and a particular emphasis on the young people and in the migratory drama affecting the Spanish coasts.
Church and civil authorities have already begun logistical and security preparations for an event that is expected to mobilize hundreds of thousands of faithful and citizens throughout the week.
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