Pope to bless Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, world's tallest church
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Pope Leo XIV visited Barcelona to bless the newly completed main tower of the Sagrada Familia Basilica, which at 172.5 meters tall is now the world's highest church after 144 years of construction. The ceremony marks both a major architectural milestone and the 100th anniversary of the basilica's designer Antoni Gaudí's death.
Pope Leo XIV will bless the giant new tower of the famed Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona on Wednesday and celebrate mass inside what is now the world's tallest church.
The church is a still-unfinished modernist masterpiece by architect Antoni Gaudi that was visited by nearly five million people last year.
The pope's visit during a week-long trip to Spain coincides with the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death on June 10, 1926.
FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Barcelona. ...