Pope Leo to lead 'incredible' mass at Barcelona's Sagrada Familia
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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 was set to visit Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on Wednesday to inaugurate the newest of its soaring geometric spires that makes the modernist marvel designed by Antoni Gaudi the world's tallest church.
Leo, after celebrating Mass inside the vast church, will walk outside to bless the 172.5-metre Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned with a five-storey ceramic cross visible across the Catalan capital.
FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Barcelona. ...