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Isla: "We will invite Pope Leo XIV to visit Catalonia."

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The President of the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Salvador Illa, greets Archbishop Joan Josep Omella, along with the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, after the ceremony at the Church of La Mercè.
The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, greeting Archbishop Joan Josep Omella. Alejandro García / EFE
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"We will invite him to visit Catalonia." This is how President Salvador Illa responded when asked about the beginning of Leo XIV's papacy. "Next year there will be an important milestone at the Sagrada Família [...]. We would be delighted if he would visit us," he told The ideas cafe. Francisco did not come.

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