00:00Excitement is building at this homeless shelter in Madrid as staff and residents prepare for a very special guest.
00:07Pope Leo XIV is set to visit Cedilla 24 Horas this weekend during his trip to Spain.
00:14For those living at the shelter, the visit is a rare and deeply meaningful moment they say they'll never forget.
00:24For those of us who are immigrants and find ourselves in the situation of having family far away,
00:30someone like the Pope, who is an important figure for the entire world coming here,
00:34is truly something that makes me say, wow, it's something that happens once in a lifetime.
00:39I hadn't seen any of the previous Popes who had visited.
00:43I hadn't seen any.
00:45I mean, it will be a stroke of luck to finally be able to see one up close, you know.
00:50I'm very, very excited about that, truly.
00:58I tell all immigrants not to back down, keep moving forward, brothers,
01:02as the one speaking is a struggling immigrant who lived on the streets and keeps moving forward.
01:07Our lives have to change.
01:09A hug to everyone and Pope Leo XIV.
01:13Open around the clock, the shelter provides care and support,
01:17with staff hoping the Pope's visit will shine a spotlight on its vital work.
01:24He will help raise awareness of all these situations because, in the end,
01:27he comes through a project for people in situations of social exclusion.
01:32He will also encounter the entire social ministry of the church in Madrid.
01:36And when he leaves Spain, he will also depart for a project for newly arrived migrants in Spain.
01:43The Pope will also visit the Canary Islands on his trip to Spain,
01:47a key arrival point on one of the world's deadliest migrant routes.
01:54For now, the PaladGeek will be broadcast via the
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