Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid

Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:29:38 GMT

Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead.

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