{"id":83485,"date":"2026-06-10T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83485"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:23:35","slug":"leo-prays-on-holy-mountain-of-monserrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/leo-prays-on-holy-mountain-of-monserrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Prays On Holy Mountain Of Monserrat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6400d98ffe02760fa8da2551\/b929f93c-70fa-4626-861c-e1c0865fa81b\/barcelona_montserrat_monastery_sunset_view.jpg\" alt=\"Discovering the Beauty of Montserrat in Barcelona | Travelook\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV honored Barcelona\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-leo-sagrada-familia-barcelona-montserrat-118044b093838c34025fb98b402f9177\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">most sacred and beautiful monuments<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Wednesday with a noontime prayer at a mountain-top abbey and an evening Mass planned at the famed Sagrada Familia Basilica on the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaud\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/content\/dam\/vaticannews\/agenzie\/images\/srv\/2026\/06\/10\/2026-06-10-viaggio-apostolico-in-spagna---preghiera-de-santo-ros\/1781090463308.JPG\/_jcr_content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422.jpeg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV prays before Our Lady of Montserrat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The celebration of Barcelona\u2019s Christian traditions, past and present, marked the highlight of Leo\u2019s weeklong visit to Spain.\u00a0\u00a0Leo celebrated their centuries-old tradition of popular piety by praying at <a href=\"http:\/\/travelookapp.com\/best-of-spain-travel-guides\/montserrat-monastery\">Montserrat, a mountain complex<\/a> outside the city that is dear to many Catalanas. The complex, which includes an 11th-century Benedictine abbey and a 16th-century basilica, is revered for its Black Madonna statue and is home to a boy\u2019s choir that has existed since the 13th century and is Europe\u2019s oldest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Pope Leo XIV honored Barcelona\u2019s\u00a0most sacred and beautiful monuments\u00a0Wednesday with a noontime prayer at a mountain-top abbey and.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83489,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83485\/revisions\/83489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}