Bearing the Largest Cross in the World

Bearing the Largest Cross in the World

In recent months, Spain has become an epicenter in the battle over Europe’s diminishing Christian identity. At stake is the fate of the Valle de los Caídos—the Valley of the Fallen—where the world’s largest cross towers above a monumental basilica carved inside a mountain. Originally commissioned by Gen. Francisco Franco as a place of reconciliation after Spain’s civil war, the leftist government is stripping the valle of its Catholic meaning.  …