Barcelona temple groundbreaking draws eclipse comparison
September 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM MT · via Church Newsroom · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
Church leaders at the Barcelona temple groundbreaking ceremony on September 19 compared the occasion to August's total solar eclipse visible across Spain, calling both transformative events that caused people to pause and look up.
The Barcelona temple is the first to be built in Spain. The groundbreaking marks the formal start of construction after years of planning and site preparation.
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