Sunday, November 07, 2010

The Pope in Spain: Tomb of St. James and La Sagrada Familia

As many will know, the Holy Father has been visiting Spain these past two days. Two of the items on the papal itinerary were a visit to the tomb of St. James at Santiago de Compostela and the consecration of Antonio Gaudi's famed Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona. Rome Reports provides two videos:





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Here, too, are some random images pulled from Daylife which show some of the liturgical aspects of the papal visit. We begin with La Sagrada Familia.













We move now to Santiago de Compostela.






The famed Botafumeiro

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