In the weeks following Pope Leo XIV's June journey through Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands, the Spanish Bishops' Conference sought to understand what a papal visit actually leaves behind in the hearts of those who attend. Among more than five thousand participants surveyed, the answer was unusually clear: 97 percent came away with a positive impression, and a majority who had known the pontiff only as a distant figure found him made real and present through six days of shared experience. What the numbers quietly suggest is that the ancient practice of pilgrimage — of showing up, in p