Pope Leo leaves on Saturday for a week-long visit to Spain, his first to an EU country outside Italy, where he will inaugurate a new tower in Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia basilica and meet migrants who braved dangerous Atlantic waters to reach Europe.

Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 2,500 kilometres between Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and will deliver 12 speeches, as well as five homilies and five…

Since Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Spain was announced, the pontiff voiced his intent to stop in the Canary Islands to highlight the humanitarian crisis on the deadly Atlantic…