Pope Leo XIV Blesses the Sagrada Família's New Tower — 144 Years in the Making, World's Tallest Church
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A Parade of Giants and Stubborns Celebrates the Tower of Jesus of the Holy Family in Homage to Gaudí
A 'cercavila' of popular culture has visited the streets of Barcelona this Sunday, from Casa Batlló to the Sagrada Familia, to celebrate the inauguration of the tower of Jesus. The festival of the city's giants and heady comparsas arrives a few days after the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Barcelona, who last Wednesday presided over the act of inauguration and blessing of the new tower, coinciding with the centenary of the death of the architect.
The project faces the critical challenge of the Fachada de la Gloria, conceived by the architect Antoni Gaudí as the main entrance of the temple, whose execution requires the demolition of two blocks of inhabited and commercial buildings on Mallorca street.
In 2010 he participated in the organization of the visit of Benedict XVI, who consecrated the Holy Family. One year later Archbishop Sistach appointed him president delegate of the Construction Board and until today. With Camps, the basilica has taken a leap of scale: the increase of visitors (4.8 million in 2025), has generated revenues (134.5 million last year) that have translated into a rhythm of works never seen before. The completion and a…
One hundred and forty-four years after construction began, the final tower of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia has been completed. In February this year, the cross that crowns the tower of Jesus Christ was placed in place, bringing the basilica to its final height of 172 meters. The inauguration ceremony on Wednesday was led by Pope Leo XIV, the eleventh head of the church since the foundation stone was laid, CNN reports.
– One of the most moving moments of Pope Leo XIV's visit to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was his meeting with 13-year-old Valentina Sánchez, a blind girl who told the Pope how she "sees with her heart" the Tower of Jesus Christ – the tallest of the temple's towers completed to date. During the meeting, Valentina, using a touchscreen model of the basilica, presented the Pope and King Felipe VI of Spain. The article "Barcelona: A Touching Enco…
Pope Leo XIV Blesses the Sagrada Família's New Tower — 144 Years in the Making, World's Tallest Church
Pope Leo XIV held Mass at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família basilica on June 10 and blessed the Tower of Jesus Christ — the completed central spire that makes the building the world’s tallest church at 566 feet — in a ceremony that marked the 100th anniversary of architect Antoni Gaudí’s death and the completion of a […] The post Pope Leo XIV Blesses the Sagrada Família’s New Tower — 144 Years in the Making, World’s Tallest Church appeared first on Lo…
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