Overview
- Cardinal José Cobo presided over the outdoor mass by Almudena Cathedral late in the morning before the image set out in procession.
- Regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso was evacuated by a SUMMA ambulance and transferred to Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz for a strong gastroenteritis.
- Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida addressed attendees, thanking the patroness and calling for support of families and those most in need.
- The image of the Virgen de la Almudena traversed central streets with the Army’s DIACU music unit and was carried on the andas by the Hermandad de Jesús el Pobre before returning to the cathedral.
- Organizers and reporters described this year’s attendance as larger than ever, continuing a tradition tied to a medieval legend and formal patronage affirmed by Pope Pius X in 1908 and the image’s enthronement in 1993.