By Joshua McElwee and Joan FausBARCELONA, June 10 (Reuters) - 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-metre (566 feet) Tower of Jesus Christ, crowned with a five-storey ceramic cross visible across the Catalan capital.
With Pope Leo's blessing, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches new heights
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With Pope Leo's blessing, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches new heights