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 Iran war, 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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