In one of his final announcements before his death, Pope Francis granted Catalonian architect Antoni Gaudí the title of ...

Pope Francis declared the Sagrada Familia architect “venerable,” the second step in the beatification process. He still must ...

After a 35-year campaign, Barcelona’s most famous architect, Antoni Gaudí, designer of the still-unfinished La Sagrada ...

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

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.

Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks.

The Vatican started the process of Gaudí's potential sainthood in 2003, after being called "God's Architect" for a long time.

Antoni Gaudí, the celebrated Catalan long nicknamed “God’s architect” for designing Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, has been put on the path to sainthood by the Vatican. In a statement ...

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

The Sagrada Familia is one of the most well-known, along with Park Güell and others. The construction of the Sagrada Familia began in 1882 by architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. A year later ...

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.