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class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Pope Leo XIV meets with Spain&#8217;s bishops at the Spanish Episcopal Conference in Madrid, 8 June, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspChristina Thykjaer&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1780917429\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-06-08 13:17:09 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Monday with victims at the Vatican embassy in Madrid, formally known as the apostolic nunciature.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the meeting, representatives of some victim groups complained that they were being excluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/90\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_b67c6303-3c1a-5535-9c46-5c6badc27777-9789073.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV meets with Spain&apos;s bishops at the Spanish Episcopal Conference in Madrid, 8 June, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pope Leo XIV meets with Spain&#8217;s bishops at the Spanish Episcopal Conference in Madrid, 8 June, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are disappointed that the pope, instead of listening to a sufficiently large and solid representation of victims, prefers to leave us out,&#8221; Juan Cuatrecasas, spokesman for the association Infancia Robada (Stolen Childhood), told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to keep pushing until the end, insisting that the Pope has to see us, has to hear us, we have a voice,&#8221; he said, speaking outside the nunciature.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican has said that a meeting will take place during the visit but that it would not give further information until after it has taken place out of &#8220;respect for the victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the flight to Madrid on Saturday, the pope said the scandal of sexual violence was &#8220;still an open wound&#8221; for the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Around 200,000 minors are estimated to have suffered sexual violence by clergy in Spain since 1940, according to a 2023 report from Spain&#8217;s national ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Trump renews feud with Pope Leo XIV days ahead of planned Marco Rubio visit to the Vatican<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Unprecedented speech<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The US-born pope earlier on Monday gave an unprecedented speech to the Spanish parliament, which was welcomed with a lengthy standing ovation and applause from lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the world&#8217;s 1.4 billion Catholics called for a global response to the &#8220;tragic drama&#8221; of migration and said world peace was a &#8220;true global imperative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pope also urged lawmakers to defend life &#8220;from conception to its natural end,&#8221; in a country whose left-wing government has legalised euthanasia under strict conditions and wants to include abortion rights in the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He called for &#8220;safe and legal pathways&#8221; for immigration and for migrants to be given &#8220;a respectful welcome and real opportunities for integration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In contrast with many of his European allies, S\u00e1nchez has a relatively liberal immigration policy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/78\/90\/73\/808x539_cmsv2_2c95bd52-2da7-5b1d-98f6-586b9242fa9b-9789073.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Spanish Parliament at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, 8 June, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Spanish Parliament at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, 8 June, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the government is under pressure on the issue from the main conservative Popular Party and from far-right party Vox, now the nation&#8217;s third-largest political force.<\/p>\n<p>The pope&#8217;s seven-day visit to Spain will include a trip to the Canary Islands, where he will pay tribute to the migrants who have lost their lives at sea on perilous journeys from Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish archipelago has become one of the main entry points for irregular migrants into Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff, who like S\u00e1nchez has been harshly criticised by US President Donald Trump for his anti-war views, also called for &#8220;patient dialogue&#8221; instead of conflict and rearmament in Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weapons may impose a temporary silence but they can never build a genuine and lasting peace,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility 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able to find sincere listening, welcome, protection and real paths to healing,&#8221; he said.Spanish media said the pope would speak later on Monday with victims at the Vatican embassy in Madrid, formally known as the apostolic nunciature.Ahead of the meeting, representatives of some victim groups complained that they were being excluded.&#8221;We are disappointed that the pope, instead of listening to a sufficiently large and solid representation of victims, prefers to leave us out,&#8221; Juan Cuatrecasas, spokesman for the association Infancia Robada (Stolen Childhood), told the AFP news agency.&#8221;We are going to keep pushing until the end, insisting that the Pope has to see us, has to hear us, we have a voice,&#8221; he said, speaking outside the nunciature.The Vatican has said that a meeting will take place during the visit but that it would not give further information until after it has taken place out of &#8220;respect for the victims.&#8221;Speaking to reporters on the flight to Madrid on Saturday, the pope said the scandal of sexual violence was &#8220;still an open wound&#8221; for the Church.Around 200,000 minors are estimated to have suffered sexual violence by clergy in Spain since 1940, according to a 2023 report from Spain&#8217;s national ombudsman.Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.Unprecedented speechThe US-born pope earlier on Monday gave an unprecedented speech to the Spanish parliament, which was welcomed with a lengthy standing ovation and applause from lawmakers.The leader of the world&#8217;s 1.4 billion Catholics called for a global response to the &#8220;tragic drama&#8221; of migration and said world peace was a &#8220;true global imperative.&#8221;The pope also urged lawmakers to defend life &#8220;from conception to its natural end,&#8221; in a country whose 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