Ana Palacio explained during a press meeting that the possibility was just «mentioned in passing» during a meeting Saturday with the Pope. The Spanish official was in Rome for the canonization of Josemaría Escrivá.
Papal Visit to Spain Possible Next Spring
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 6, 2002 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II might visit Spain next spring, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ana Palacio said after a private papal audience.