While the Holy Father will visit Paris and Lourdes, the historic “lantern of God” in Metz is the only French cathedral on his official Mass schedule.
During his apostolic journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV blessed the basilica’s new tower and praised the site as a living masterpiece and evangelization in stones.
Predictions were confirmed this week: The world's largest LEGO set features Gaudí's architectural masterpiece, La Sagrada Família.
From Europe to the Americas, passing through Vietnam and the Seychelles, countless Catholic churches around the world display brilliantly colorful facades.
Impressed by the Sagrada Familia at 13, Alejandro Seoane is now one of its architects. He speaks to Aleteia about finishing the Spanish basilica this year.
Far from a single genius, the Sagrada Família has been built by hundreds of architects, sculptors, and artisans over 140 years.
Gaudí’s masterpiece is more than a basilica under construction. It is a spiritual, urban, and artistic project that may resist any final ending.
LEGO builders and architecture buffs alike are reacting to a prediction that Gaudí's Barcelona masterpiece has inspired the largest LEGO set ever.
After long days behind scaffolding, the 55-foot cross (17 meters) atop Gaudí’s Tower of Jesus now rises clearly over Barcelona’s skyline.
At the foot of Barcelona's famous Sagrada Família, a humble classroom revealed the architect’s Catholic vision of dignity and beauty for all.
From Cologne’s 632-year ascent to Le Corbusier’s one-year chapel, church construction reveals how faith, art, and history shape sacred space across centuries.
The Sagrada Familia Basilica of Barcelona reaches 566 feet as the final element of the cross is set atop the Tower of Jesus in Gaudí’s centenary year.
Columnist and art historian Pierre Téqui visited the monastery of Daphni, which houses an incredible mosaic of the Presentation of Mary at the Temple.
In June 2026, Spain will mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Antoni Gaudí, the visionary behind Barcelona’s most recognizable skyline.
The Sagrada Familia, a basilica in Barcelona, Spain, recently edged out a German church to become the tallest church in the world.
Soon, Spain's Sagrada Familia will wear the crown. For now, three other churches remind us what human hands can do when they aim high.
The famous triumphal arches in Paris and Rome celebrate military victories. But did you know that some churches also have triumphal arches of their own?
