{"id":85727,"date":"2026-01-09T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=85727"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:19:50","slug":"madrid-barcelona-and-the-canary-islands-popes-possible-visit-to-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/01\/09\/madrid-barcelona-and-the-canary-islands-popes-possible-visit-to-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands: Pope\u2019s possible visit to Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Official confirmation of the Pope\u2019s trip to Spain is getting closer and closer.<\/strong> At least, that is what the Archbishop of Madrid stated after a meeting at the Vatican, which was attended by a delegation of the Spanish Church.<br><br><strong>CARD. JOS\u00c9 COBO<\/strong><br>Archbishop of Madrid<br><em>This is a first meeting convened by the Secretariat of State to begin thinking about and planning a visit of the Holy Father to Spain.<\/em><strong><br><\/strong><em>I can say it will be Madrid, I can say it will be Barcelona, and that the Canary Islands will be the third destination.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the official dates have not yet been confirmed, Cobo describes this visit as a great joy for the Spanish people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CARD. JOS\u00c9 COBO<\/strong><br>Archbishop of Madrid<br><em>Indeed, there are good relations, and I believe that Spain, for a long time now, has needed and continually asked for the Pope to come. So I think that the opening of this door right now is a reason for hope and joy for everyone, both for the civil authorities and for the Church in Spain.<br><br><br><br><br><br><\/em>Looking back, the last pope to visit Spain was Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 for World Youth Day, which was held in Madrid.<br><br>Since then, 15 years have passed without a pope setting foot on Spanish soil. It is true that Pope Francis expressed his interest in visiting the Canary Islands because of the migration crisis.<br><br><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br><em>I am thinking a little about going to the Canary Islands, because there are situations there involving migrants who arrive by sea, and I would like to be close to the authorities and to the people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a trip that sparked great interest among Spaniards, but ultimately it could not take place due to Pope Francis\u2019s health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trans. CRT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official confirmation of the Pope\u2019s trip to Spain is getting closer and closer. At least, that is what the Archbishop of Madrid stated after a meeting at the Vatican, which was attended by a delegation of the Spanish Church. CARD. JOS\u00c9 COBOArchbishop of MadridThis is a first meeting convened by the Secretariat of State to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":85707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ap0KLfFhj8Q","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bviaggiopapaspagnaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bviaggiopapaspagnaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85730,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727\/revisions\/85730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}