Pope Leo XIV Is Traveling to Barcelona to Inaugurate the Sagrada Família’s Final Tower
Spain again! Hmmm there is something very symbolic about this, I am not taking it as a good omen for humanity...
"Barcelona's Sagrada Família will mark the symbolic completion of its final tower on June 10, when Pope Leo XIV travels to the city to bless the tower in a mass coinciding with the centennial of architect Antoni Gaudí's death. The basilica has been under construction for 144 years..."
Interesting, the way they have organized the public holiday for fake king charles in Australia is that it's on the second Monday of June. This means means in the second week of June every few years it falls on June 10th, in 2024 it fell on June 10th and it won't fall on June 10th again until 2030...yeh always 2030, they love that year.
The Basilica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, is Antoni Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece and the largest unfinished church in the world. The structure's finalization—specifically the crowning of the towering central cross dedicated to Jesus Christ—culminates in 2026, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death.
Antoni Gaudí’s relationship with the Vatican has evolved from the Holy See closely observing his avant-garde, deeply religious architectural work to officially putting him on the path to Catholic sainthood. Today, he is universally celebrated by the Church as "God’s Architect"
The 2025 Decree: Pope Francis officially declared Antoni Gaudí Venerable. This means the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints formally recognized that Gaudí lived a life of "heroic virtues" (faith, hope, charity, and extreme piety).
Pope Benedict XVI (2010): Pope Benedict traveled to Barcelona to officially consecrate the Sagrada Família, elevating it from a simple construction project to a Minor Basilica. Benedict praised Gaudí for successfully bridging the gap between human art, science, and the divine.
14 April 2025: Pope Francis officially declared Antoni Gaudí "Venerable" and then on the 21st April 2025 (exactly one week later) Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88.
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