Leo XIV makes a strong impression and wastes no time. As soon as he set foot on Spanish soil, he launched a vigorous and forceful message, addressed to both society and the political class, against tension, which he referred to as “dark nights”. The Pontiff did not mince words in his first speech: “I come to encourage and inspire a deeper reconciliation and cooperation among the different forces of this nation,” he told those present. “Your own history suggests that it is not the culture of confrontation, but that of encounter, which generates stability and prosperity,” he admonished the politicians.

The wife of the Prime Minister, Begoña Gómez, is expected to file a complaint against the well-known far-right troublemaker Vito Quiles for an alleged “assault” suffered inside a café, according to sources from La Moncloa.

The Prosecutor’s Office supports the partial pardon for the former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, convicted of a crime of disclosure of documents. The report has been submitted to the Supreme Court, which must now issue its own to be delivered to the Ministry of Justice for evaluation. The deputy prosecutor of the high court argues that the conviction has led the former number 1 of the public ministry to “intense and disproportionate extrapenal consequences.”

An election campaign basically consists of raising a bell tower. The higher it is, the bigger the bell and the farther the ringing reaches, the better for the officiating priest. However, it happens that sometimes, down on the street, things happen that distract people to the point that no one pays attention to the ringing.