Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia basilica, has been put on the path to sainthood by the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Monday. Gaudi, nicknamed "God's architect ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis has taken the first step toward making Antoni Gaudí, the famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, a saint. On Monday (April 14), Pope Francis recognized the ...

Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí spent the last years of his life dedicated to the construction of La Sagrada Familia, the iconic Catholic temple and the best-known symbol of Barcelona. Today, it’s at ...

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 Monday. Pope Francis recognised ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images The word unique is used way too much nowadays, but La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s magnum ...

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

The Sagrada Familia, to be sure, is not a humble building. But it is not an inhuman building, either. It is a space where one ...

To build the Sagrada Familia, the architect Antoni Gaudí created an upside-down model of the cathedral in his workshop using ...