- 15,090flags handed out across the city
- 9 and 10June 2026: the Pope in Barcelona
- 3parishes in the group: Sant Mateu, Sant Narcís and Sant Rafael
The Pope in Barcelona
Pope Leo XIV was in Barcelona on 9 and 10 June 2026, as part of his apostolic journey to Spain. He came to bless the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Família, in the year of the centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s death.
On the 9th he prayed in the cathedral and, in the evening, led the prayer vigil at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. On the 10th he went to Brians 1, Montserrat and Sant Agustí, and ended the day with Mass at the Sagrada Família.
A flag on every balcony
The “BCN amb el Papa” campaign was organised by the Associació Centre d’Acompanyament Familiar Ginesta, an association of Christian families, together with married couples and young people from several Barcelona parishes. It wanted the city’s balconies dressed in white and yellow to welcome the Pope.
The flags, 1.5 × 0.85 metres with two ribbons to tie them on, were bought at cost by parishes and organisations. The first batch of 10,000 ran out in about two weeks, and a further 5,090 were ordered.
The money raised by the campaign went to the Associació Ginesta.
What our parishes did
Sant Mateu, Sant Narcís and Sant Rafael bought flags and offered them to their parishioners in return for a donation, with a suggested €5 per flag. Each person collected theirs at the parish and hung it from their balcony.
That is where the €11,526.00 in the “Flags” entry of our common fund comes from.
“You have turned every balcony into a visible sign of communion and every flag into a small act of love for the Church.”
One of the flags ordered 
The vigil at the Estadi Olímpic on 9 June · Photo: Medol · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Mass at the Sagrada Família on 10 June · Photo: Medol · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
The campaign website
The website Ginesta used to organise the campaign is still up, with the visit and the Pope’s words in Spain (in Catalan and Spanish).