{"id":43823,"date":"2025-08-23T16:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43823"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:11:14","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-barcelona-rejoices-as-famed-architect-antoni-gaudi-is-declared-venerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43823","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Barcelona rejoices as famed architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed is declared venerable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512px-Sagrada_Familia_8-12-21_Canaan_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512px-Sagrada_Familia_8-12-21_Canaan_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512px-Sagrada_Familia_8-12-21_Canaan_commons_wiki.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/512px-Sagrada_Familia_8-12-21_Canaan_commons_wiki-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=113178605\">Sagrada Familia Barcelona<\/a> by Canaan Commons Wiki Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14 2025 Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed venerable, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>The National Catholic Reporter<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was especially welcomed by the architect&#8217;s Archdiocese of Barcelona as a major step toward his long-awaited beatification. Sagrada Familia is the archdiocese&#8217;s Basilica of the Holy Family\u2026 Gaud\u00ed started construction when was 31-years-old. The artist died in 1926\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that the Sagrada Familia will be completed within the next few years..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.. it is important to consider that Gaud\u00ed&#8217;s work is also a song to postmodernity, a reminder that human beings \u2018always tend toward transcendence&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/barcelona-rejoices-famed-architect-antoni-gaud-declared-venerable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Sagrada Familia Barcelona by Canaan Commons Wiki Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 On April 14 2025 Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed venerable, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43823\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[134,6,57,51,29],"class_list":["post-43823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-architect","tag-building","tag-church","tag-global","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43852,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43823\/revisions\/43852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}