The Sagrada Familia church, designed by the renowned architect Antoni Gaudi, has been completed after 144 years of construction, culminating in a memorable ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV. The basilica is now the tallest church in the world, featuring 18 towers that symbolize key figures in Christianity, and is celebrated for its stunning architectural design that transforms sunlight into a vibrant display of colours.

An estimated 120,000 people lined the streets around the Sagrada Familia for the event on Wednesday, local time, with streets closed to traffic and a heavy police presence to accommodate the royal couple and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

The crowds remained after the pope’s mass to watch as the pope inaugurated the basilica’s final Tower of Jesus Christ, which has made it the world’s tallest church. Speaking in Catalan and Spanish, he blessed the tower and its illuminated ceramic cross from outside the basilica, surrounded by bishops craning their mitre-capped heads to look up.

An angelic boy’s choir sang beautifully as a spectacular light show lit up the basilica’s stained glass windows from the inside and fireworks shot off its façade. You need to watch this as it is GLORIOUS.

The service marked the highlight of Pope Leo’s week-long visit to Spain, the first by a pope in 15 years to the once staunchly Catholic European country that, like many others, has experienced secularising trends. Spain legalized same-sex marriage on July 1, 2005, becoming the third country in the world to do so. Law 13/2005 amended the Spanish Civil Code so that marriage carries identical requirements and legal effects regardless of whether the spouses are the same or different sex. That includes full adoption rights, inheritance protections, tax filing options, and survivor pensions.

This video by Dr Steve Turley shows a resurgence in religion around the world but it is happening at the same time as the rejection of God, His Word and His values. Biblical end times prophecies show we are in the end times and can soon expect the appearance of the Antichrist but also the False Prophet and a one world religion. It is easy to see how the world will be taken in by this false religion.