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With Pope Leo's blessing, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches new heightsBy Joshua McElwee and Joan FausWed, June 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM EDTReuters via Yahoo NewsBy 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 with a five-storey ceramic cross visible across the Catalan capital. ...Gaudi, born in 1852, was a devout Catholic who worked for more than 40 years on the Sagrada Familia, from 1883 until he died in a tram accident in 1926.Completing the project, which has three facades in different architectural styles and 18 nature-inspired towers, has been challenging. It was meant to be finished this year, but the goal has now been pushed back to 2035. ...
