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The Art and Martyrdom of the Sagrada Família, the Expiatory Church of the Holy Family

Art and Martyrdom of the Sagrada Família, the Expiatory Church of the Holy FamilyIn 1910, he participated in the “Social Catholic Week” organized by clergymen and the entrepreneur Eusebi Güell i Bacigalupi (1846-1918), Gaudí’s client and patron, in the workers’ settlement Colonia Güell. Güell and Gaudí’s lifelong friendship went far beyond business relations and was founded in deep Catholic religiosity. In 1886, Gaudí began construction of the Palau […]

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St. Joseph’s Connection to the Famous Sagrada Família Basilica

St. Joseph's Connection to the Famous Sagrada Família BasilicaOn June 7, 1926, Gaudí was hit by a streetcar on his way from his morning mass at the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in the middle of the Barri Gòtic to the construction site of the Sagrada Família, where he had been sleeping. Because of his worn clothes, the seriously injured man was mistaken […]

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How A Modern Architect Crafted a Liturgically Conceived Church

How A Modern Architect Created a Liturgically Conceived ChurchAmong the precious treasures of the Church that bring about the salvation of souls, which we must recover to save our families and rebuild a Christian society, is the Sacrament of Matrimony. Is it not darkened today above all because we rarely proclaim this forgotten gem among the seven sacraments, no longer let it shine […]

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Sagrada Família: Towers Rising in the Midst of Rediscovered Faith

Sagrada Família: Towers Rising in the Midst of Rediscovered FaithAmong the precious treasures of the Church that bring about the salvation of souls, which we must recover in order to save our families and rebuild a Christian society, is the Sacrament of Matrimony. Is it not darkened today above all because we rarely proclaim this forgotten gem among the seven sacraments, no longer let […]

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Barcelona cardinal holds Mass in defiance of government order

Ignoring a warning from the government of Catalonia, a Spanish cardinal on Sunday led a funeral Mass for the victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus, hours after threatening to take “legal action” against civil authorities for the “arbitrariness” with which the right of religious freedom and worship is being treated.

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