BARCELONA ¨C 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-meter Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned with a five-story ceramic cross visible across the Catalan capital. The ceremony, in which the pope also said that Christians cannot support war, came on the 100th anniversary of Gaudi¡¯s ?death and was a central purpose of Leo¡¯s weeklong tour of Spain.
The pope, who drew ?the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump after criticizing the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, said in his sermon at the Mass, attended by thousands including Spain¡¯s King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, ?that Christians ¡°cannot believe in Jesus and promote ?war.¡±
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