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 ...

The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s landmark church designed by Antoni Gaudí, has been slapped a with a €36 million fine for lacking a building permit—136 years after construction began. The fine will be ...

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 final element to be installed is the upper arm of the cross, which will contain Agnus Dei, a sculpture by Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito; once in place, the 17-meter-tall cross will crown the ...

In 1885, two years after he took over the building that would become the Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi applied for a construction permit with the local council in Barcelona. He never heard back. More ...

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, is known for its rainbow-tinted stained-glass windows and its links to Antoni Gaudí, ...

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 ...

The Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s Catalan masterpiece, recently celebrated the completion of the Mare de Déu tower by hoisting a giant, 12-pointed star of metal and textured glass to its summit.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has approved the first step towards sainthood for Mr Antoni Gaudi, the modernist architect behind Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica, the Vatican said on April 14. Mr ...

The word unique is used way too much nowadays, but La Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s magnum opus in Barcelona, is a rare architectural marvel that really is one-of-a-kind. This remarkable edifice, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has approved the first step towards sainthood for Antoni Gaudi, the modernist architect behind Barcelona's "Sagrada Familia" basilica, the Vatican said on Monday.