1 Million Turn Out For Pope’s Mass In Spain

MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has honored Spain’s centuries-old tradition of religious devotion. He is celebrating Mass before more than one million people. Sunday is the Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist. In Spain as in other predominantly Catholic countries, the processions involve elaborate floral carpets arranged along the route. According to Spanish organizers, the 16 flower carpets decorating the half-kilometer (mile) procession route Leo will make were prepared by a Spanish florists association from Galicia. Florists used more than 30,000 flowers, most the yellow and white colors of the Holy See flag, for the carpets.