Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday spoke about depression and domestic violence after hearing dramatic personal testimonies from young people at a prayer vigil in Barcelona. After a woman who tried to commit suicide told her story, the pope said public health systems should prioritise tackling the "invisible and widespread malaise" in mental health. "It is important to recognise how mental health is increasingly threatened in the context of societies that consider themselves advanced," the pope said. "There is something deeply wrong with a certain notion of progress that subjects people to pressures, expectations and tensions that compromise healthy balances." Read morePope in Spain: The 'rock star' effect The pope was speaking on day four of his visit to Spain, where he has already held an open-air mass with 1.5 million people in Madrid and given an unprecedented address to the Spanish parliament. On Wednesday, he is due to to bless the huge new central tower of the famous Sagrada Familia Basilica and hold a mass in the church, now the world's tallest. During Tuesday's prayer vigil, the pope was also questioned by a young woman who said her father had tried to kill her mother who then turned to drugs. The pope spoke of "a toxic climate in family relationships marked by abuse and oppression and, in partcular, by violence against women, which unfortunately often leads to femicide". "We are all called to address this dramatic reality, both personally and as a society," he said.