Barcelona (Spain), 10 June (LaPresse) – ‘As an architect ardent in faith, the venerable Antoni Gaudí conceived the spaces’ of the Sagrada Familia "with the intention of recounting the mysteries of the Lord’s life: in this way, he offered us a spiritual pilgrimage, leading to an encounter with Christ, who was born, died and rose again for us. Together with Gaudí, as we commemorate the centenary of his death, we remember and thank this evening all the promoters and benefactors, the artists and craftsmen who are working together to build an architectural masterpiece that is also an eloquent catechesis made of stone, colour and light". Pope Leo XIV said this during the Mass celebrated at the Sagrada Familia, on the centenary of the Catalan genius’s death. “Art and beauty,” the Pontiff remarked, are “eminent channels of evangelisation”.
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