4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (95+ words) Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaud" remains years away from completion. A crane placed the upper The post Barcelona's Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (149+ words) Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Juan Diego was born in 1474 with the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" ("the talking eagle") in Cuautlitl'n, today part of Mexico City, Mexico. He was a gifted member of the Chichimeca people, one of the more culturally advanced groups living in…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (799+ words) Friday, October 3, 2025 Let us begin by remembering Covadonga, the great Christian victory in Spain, A.D. 722, and the beginning of the Reconquista. This was a decade before the Battle of Tours, when Charles Martel, "the Hammer," repelled the "unstoppable" Umayyad cavalry, preparing…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (188+ words) For the quincentenary of More's beheading, Catholics hope the skull of the saint will be exhumed at an Anglican church in Canterbury, England, be preserved, and be available for veneration The post St. Thomas More's skull may be exhumed for…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (39+ words) Suman Naishadham and Alicia Leon, AP Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Pope Leo XIV: Edward Pentin & Philip Lawler with Raymond Arroyo Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Spain Beethoven, Mass in C Major, Op 86 " Credo...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago  (277+ words) A decree from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, approved by Pope Francis, is paving the way for the canonization of the architect Antoni Gaudi. Earlier this week the The post Antoni Gaudi, "God's architect,' is on the path…...