As various media outlets claimed to have leaked information about what was said during a meeting of the Spanish bishops with Pope Leo, the Spanish Bishops’ Conference issued a clarification.
The executive committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) meeting in Madrid this week, issued an official statement regarding the leaks about its meeting with Pope Leo XIV that recently appeared in various media outlets.
The newspaper El País published an article on Feb. 23 titled “The Pope warned the bishops that his greatest concern in Spain is the far right that is trying to ‘instrumentalize the Church.’”
The article alluded to alleged comments made by the pope during the meeting with the nine members of the CEE’s executive committee on Nov. 17, 2025, at the Vatican, according to “two sources familiar with what transpired at the meeting.”
Numerous media outlets, based on the article published by El País, replicated the content with similar headlines, and some, such as Vida Nueva, added nuances to what the pope said, citing people who “were present at that meeting.”
According to its website, Nueva Vida (New Life) “is a weekly religious news magazine that aims to be a
