Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez was welcomed like this ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Leo XIV, just 10 days before the pope\u2019s trip to Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon his arrival, a few journalists were waiting, most of them Spanish. S\u00e1nchez entered the Vatican at 8:50am, but media alerts began to go off right afterward, even reaching Spanish Parliament. Nobody seemed to know what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police specializing in economic crimes had entered the headquarters of S\u00e1nchez's party to seize documents related to an alleged corruption scheme linked to the Socialist Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But at that point, S\u00e1nchez was already meeting with Pope Leo in a visit intended to show Spanish rapport with the Vatican ahead of the pope\u2019s trip to Spain. The two leaders are expected to meet again in private for a second time before the pope\u2019s speech before Spanish Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This latest meeting took about 40 minutes. As is customary with high-ranking political officials, Leo and S\u00e1nchez exchanged gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it ended, the media were ready this time, and were waiting for S\u00e1nchez at the press conference\u2014the story had quickly spread to Italian and international media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interest and anticipation grew over what S\u00e1nchez would say. He began by speaking about the pope, whom he described this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PEDRO S\u00c1NCHEZ<\/strong> His voice is a moral compass in the fight against injustice because he is always, indeed, on the side of the weakest, and because of his message of solidarity and opposition to selfishness, and for promoting something that may seem revolutionary these days, but is really common sense and empathy in the face of irrationality and the law of the jungle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But the media's questions focused more on his party: What did S\u00e1nchez say when he learned that police had entered his party\u2019s headquarters while he was meeting with the pope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n PEDRO S\u00c1NCHEZ<\/strong> The actions currently taking place at the Socialist Party headquarters, that is also why I was delayed, because I was unaware of them. I had to ask exactly what was happening.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The same police force had also searched a specific office two days earlier\u2014the office of former Socialist Prime Minister Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero, where, among other things, they seized more than 100 pieces of jewelry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is one aspect of a broader judicial case that will bring Zapatero before a court. He is currently being accused of organized criminal activity, forgery, and influence peddling. S\u00e1nchez addressed this matter, and has defended Zapatero from the very beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PEDRO S\u00c1NCHEZ<\/strong> After what I have read and what I have been able to discuss with people who know far more about the law than I do, I believe there are not sufficient grounds, there are no reasons, to change that position.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n With under two weeks before Leo XIV sets foot in Spain, this is the current political environment the pope will encounter early next month\u2014one that dominated headlines in Spanish, Italian, and international media during S\u00e1nchez\u2019s visit to the Vatican.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carmen \u00c1lvarez Cuadrado Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez was welcomed like this ahead of his first face-to-face meeting with Leo XIV, just 10 days before the pope\u2019s trip to Spain. Upon his arrival, a few journalists were waiting, most of them Spanish. S\u00e1nchez entered the Vatican at 8:50am, but media alerts began to go off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":90615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gKDFniHJrc4","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpedrosanchezleonxiveng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpedrosanchezleonxivint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90614"}],"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=90614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90619,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90614\/revisions\/90619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prime Minister of Spain
ORIG. SPANISH<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister of Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister of Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n