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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 4 MIN

Pope offers blessings at two very different churches in Barcelona

from The World: Latest Stories · host Gerry Hadden

Pope Leo XlV will be in Barcelona this week, to offer blessings at two Catholic churches that couldn't be more different. First, he'll hold mass at the Sagrada Familia, the spectacular brain-child of Antonio Gaudi, and then at a humble church referred to as "The Cathedral of the Poor," in a densely packed, largely immigrant neighborhood. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

Pope Leo XlV will be in Barcelona this week, to offer blessings at two Catholic churches that couldn't be more different. First, he'll hold mass at the Sagrada Familia, the spectacular brain-child of Antonio Gaudi, and then at a humble church referred to as "The Cathedral of the Poor," in a densely packed, largely immigrant neighborhood. The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

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