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On April 14 2025 Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
The National Catholic Reporter writes:
The news was especially welcomed by the architect’s Archdiocese of Barcelona as a major step toward his long-awaited beatification. Sagrada Familia is the archdiocese’s Basilica of the Holy Family… Gaudí started construction when was 31-years-old. The artist died in 1926…
It is estimated that the Sagrada Familia will be completed within the next few years..
.. it is important to consider that Gaudí’s work is also a song to postmodernity, a reminder that human beings ‘always tend toward transcendence…
