The Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia
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Benedict Arrives
During his dedication of the church, the Pope praised La Sagrada Família as "a magnificent achievement of engineering, art and faith." Indeed, there are some who argue that Gaudí should be declared a saint. Since 1992, the Vatican has been trying to decide whether the architect deserves to be beatified a key step on the way to what could eventually become sainthood.
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