More than 1 million join Pope Leo for outdoor mass in Madrid
<p>Pontiff urges followers to dedicate themselves ‘to our brothers and sisters, to the poor, to those who suffer’</p><p>More than a million people filled the streets of Madrid to join Pope Leo in an open-air mass where the American pontiff appeared to emphasise the disconnect between Christian values and far-right politics, telling worshippers: “No one can kneel before the Lord and despise their brother.”</p><p>Queues to access the mass began forming hours before the sun rose on Sunday as people scrambled to secure a spot for what was billed as the biggest gathering of the pope’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/05/divine-intervention-pope-leo-spain-tour-pedro-sanchez-boost">week-long visit</a> to Spain.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/million-people-pope-leo-outdoor-mass-madrid">Continue reading...</a>