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PHOTOS: Pope Leo honors Gaudi's Sagrada Familia masterpiece in Barcelona

Leo called Gaudí's unfinished temple, one of the world's most visited monuments, a "sign of unity and harmony for all of Spain," an ongoing building project like the lifelong journey all Christians make to find God.

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Lego lança réplica da Sagrada Família com mais de 12 mil peças

A LEGO anunciou o que será o seu maior conjunto de sempre, pelo menos em número de peças. Trata-se de uma réplica da igreja mais alta do Mundo: a Sagrada Família, em Barcelona. O conjunto irá assinar os 100 anos da morte de Antoni Gaudí, o arquiteto catalão que projetou a igreja, que morreu em 1926, aos 73 anos, após ser atropelado por um elétrico. A nova construção recria ao detalhe o interior e o exterior da Sagrada Família, da Sagrada Família, que em outubro se tornou a mais alta do Mundo, seguindo as diferentes fases da sua edificação. “O

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Women who experience premature menopause are at greater risk of stroke and heart failure

Experiencing premature menopause can significantly increase women’s risk of cardiovascular events. Such is the conclusion of a study recently published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women’s Health, in which over 111,000 women from 26 countries participated. Backed by more than 30 academic and medical institutions, it is considered the biggest international study of the subject to date.

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In Spain, stroke is the second leading cause of death among women.
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A journey through the ages of soccer in the United States

The first time U.S. soccer legend Tab Ramos played on a team in the country he had just moved to from Uruguay, Argentina was the reigning champion of the 1978 World Cup and the boy was thrilled that the jersey he was given, the Harrison Rec kit, was orange “like the Dutch one.” Ten minutes in, the coach took him off the field: he was too good to compete with that group. He was 12 years old.

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The courts at Pier 5 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, with the Manhattan skyline across the river.
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Spain, a country of 50 million people with infrastructure for 40 million: ‘The cracks are starting to show’

At the rate at which Spain’s population has grown in recent years, a country of 50 million inhabitants could soon become a reality. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) is expected to reveal this month, in its 2026-2076 population projections, when it believes this milestone will be reached. According to the 2025 census, Spain surpassed 49.1 million inhabitants last year, but data from the Continuous Population Statistics—which combines census data with quarterly estimates—indicate that Spain already had 49,687,120 inhabitants in April.

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Crowds of people on Gran Vía in Madrid.
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The reality the Spanish Catholic Church continues to hide: Seven cardinals and 61 bishops implicated in covering up child abusers for decades

EL PAÍS launched an investigation into child sexual abuse by members of the Spanish Church in 2018 and maintains a database updated with all known cases. If you know of a case that has not come to light, you can write to: abusos@elpais.es. If it is a case in Latin America, the email address is: abusosamerica@elpais.es.

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The cover of the music record The letter that Provincial Superior Ramón Alaix wrote to Superior General Peter Hans Kolvenbach, suggesting that a pedophile priest be relocated and given treatment.Brother Marino González with a class at the school of Talavera de la Reina in the late 1970s.

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Pope Leo XIV, flanked by archbishop of Barcelona cardinal Juan José Omella, meets with Spanish seminarians at the Vatican on February 28, 2026.
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A tumor’s ‘signature’ reveals the key to treatment in precision oncology

A potential response to cancer is written — on a microscopic level — in its very tumor cells. For decades, treatment and prognosis of the disease has been largely determined by the organ, the anatomical location in which the cancerous mass is located. But now, science has placed a spotlight on something more ambitious: learning the tumor’s signature, or rather, the molecular alterations that characterize its malignant cells. The latest meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which took place last weekend in Chicago, has given further impetus to precision oncology and highlighted how cancer biology, those microscopic genetic characteristics that define it, are playing an increasingly important role in determining therapeutic approach, and even predicting prognosis.

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El pasaje de Barcelona con casas de colores y un aire del siglo XIX que es un oasis en pleno Clot

Entre los jardines del Clot de la Mel y el parque de la Infància se abre una vía que rompe el ritmo habitual de Barcelona y su bullicio. No hay escaparates llamativos ni tráfico constante, tampoco franquicias ni turistas. Lo que aparece es una hilera de fachadas bajas y coloridas que parecen suspendidas en el tiempo.

Se trata del Passatge d’Antoni Gassol, un tramo de apenas 122 metros que conecta el barrio del Clot con Sant Martí de Provençals. Para el vecindario es una estampa atrapada en otra época, una rareza urbana que sorprende a quien lo descubre por primera vez.

Casas de empleados textiles

Según la información oficial municipal, el conjunto de viviendas fue construido entre 1911 y 1929 para alojar a los trabajadores de las fábricas textiles que ocupaban este ámbito del antiguo barrio del Taulat. El proyecto fue obra del arquitecto Manuel Puig Janer.

Las casas responden al modelo tradicional de las casas de cos, típicas de la Catalunya masovera e industrial de los siglos XVIII y XIX. Planta baja, terrado y un pequeño patio trasero configuran un esquema repetido a ambos lados del pasaje.

Modernismo popular

Las fachadas destacan por un portal central flanqueado por dos ventanas con reja de forja. En los detalles se perciben las líneas básicas de un modernismo popular y pragmático, visible en ornamentaciones discretas, motivos florales o piezas de cerámica vidriada.

Actualmente, el conjunto ostenta la declaración de Conjunto Histórico del barrio, lo que garantiza su protección y conservación. Lo que nació como vivienda obrera vinculada a la industria textil es hoy una pieza patrimonial que explica una parte esencial de la historia urbana de Barcelona.

El pasaje fue urbanizado en 2020, implantándose la plataforma única. Asimismo se eliminó el estacionamiento de vehículos, reforzando su carácter peatonal y su función como vía de conexión amable entre el Clot y Sant Martí.

Convertido en un pequeño oasis de calma, este rincón demuestra que Barcelona también se entiende a través de sus calles discretas. Más allá de las grandes avenidas y los iconos arquitectónicos, existen espacios donde la memoria industrial y la escala doméstica siguen marcando el paisaje cotidiano.

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