Pope Francis approves first step towards the beatification of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí | Euronews Newsletter Events Loader Newsletter Events Loader Loader Search

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ADVERTISEMENT The legendary Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, known affectionately as "God's architect" for his pioneering work creating Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica , has moved one step closer up the path to being made a saint. It's now emerged that while he was still convalescing from his respiratory infection , Pope Francis received Italian Catholic Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and signed a number of decrees , including one on the