Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who ...

Patrick Ward When I first came upon the startling and fanciful works of Antoni ... dining out. Gaudi was the youngest of five children, and all the others died before him, two in childhood ...

Antoni Gaudí, the mystic master of Catalan Modernism, has taken an unexpected step—not in architecture, but in ecclesiastical ...

Gaudí, nicknamed "God's architect," was declared "venerable" by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to ...

Antoni Gaudí, architect of the Sagrada Família, is one step closer to becoming a saint after the Vatican recognized him for ...

Jordi Faulí I Oller is currently the head architect of the basilica, the seventh to hold the position. Several architects who ...

VATICAN—Pope Francis declared Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí “venerable,” bringing the designer of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica one step closer to sainthood.

A significant moment came in 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI consecrated Gaudí’s masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, lauding his ability to “build human consciousness, anchored in the world yet ...

Antoni Gaudí, who designed the extraordinary basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, has been declared “Venerable”. That is a step towards sainthood which recognises the heroic virtues of the ...

The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed "God's architect", on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said on Monday. Pope Francis ...