Pope Leo to bless newly completed Sagrada Familia tower in Barcelona
He will celebrate mass and bless the 172.5-meter tower that made the basilica the world’s tallest church, officials said.
- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday to celebrate Mass at the Sagrada Familia Basilica and bless the structure's newly completed central tower, the world's tallest church.
- Architect Antoni Gaudi began the modernist basilica over 140 years ago, with the central Tower of Jesus Christ finally reaching its 566-foot height this past February after more than a century of construction.
- The Mass commemorates the 100-year anniversary of Gaudi's death on June 10, 1926, when the visionary architect was struck by a tram while his modernist masterpiece remained unfinished.
- Following a 1.5 million-person Mass in Madrid on Sunday, Pope Leo will visit Montserrat's abbey before traveling to the Canary Islands on Thursday and Friday to meet migrants and volunteers.
- Despite sharp declines in Spanish church attendance, local resident Roberto Crespo anticipates a 'very warm' welcome, as foreigners account for 90% of basilica visitors and fund its ongoing construction.
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The Straits TimesWith Pope Leo's blessing, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches new heights
By Joshua McElwee and Joan FausBARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on Wednesday and inaugurated the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the modernist structure designed by Antoni Gaudi the world's tallest church.At a Mass in the vast, light-infused church, Leo called it an "architectural masterpiece", before walking outside to bless the 172.5-metre (566 feet) Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned wi…
The spectacle that has been experienced tonight in the Holy Family after the blessing of Pope Leo XIV the Tower of Jesus, with its impressive cross, has been apotheotic. The light, the drones, the games of lights in the night of Barcelona and the inevitable pyrotechnics in a celebration of the Spanish Levante, have offered some impressive images that have undoubtedly impacted the Pope. Undoubtedly, the most spectacular part has been when the eff…
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