Architect Antoni Gaudí Moves a Step Closer to Receiving Sainthood from the Vatican

The Vatican has moved Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia church, a step closer toward achieving sainthood.On April 14, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, with authorization from Pope Francis, issued a decree recognizing Gaudí’s “heroic virtues,” a milestone in the confirmation process that designates him and other dead figures with ties to the church as “venerable.”“Venerable” is