Under the motto “Lift up your eyes”, Leo XIV will travel almost 2,500 kilometres between 6 and 12 June on his first apostolic journey to Spain since he was elected pope on 8 May 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The man who just over a year ago was still Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has landed at Barajas from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport , where he boarded his flight at 8.00. Born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago, Leo XIV has deep multicultural roots. His father was of French and Italian descent,