Overview

• A solemn mass at 11:00 in Vigo’s Concatedral de Santa María, officiated by Bishop Antonio José Valín Valdés, began the final day with prayers for unity and peace.
• The Cristo was lowered from its altar using a 75-year-old pulley system, enabling close veneration ahead of the processions.
• Thousands braved 32 °C for the 19:30 evening parade through Vigo’s historic center, culminating the festival’s public rituals.
• President Alfonso Rueda of the Xunta de Galicia attended the dusk procession unannounced and maintained distance from Mayor Abel Caballero, highlighting subtle political tensions.
• Vatican economist Benjamín Estévez de Cominges delivered Saturday’s pregón, and hundreds undertook an early procession to beat the heat, reflecting adaptive devotional practices.