Sacred Architecture Journal

08/19/2026

"In Konotopie, a Polish village so small that barely 120 people live there, the latest symbol of Catholic Poland is impossible to miss."

In videos and photos: Here’s a look at Europe’s tallest new Marian monument | ZENIT - English

On August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption, the Church inaugurated a 55.6-metre statue of Our Lady of Mercy, now regarded as the tallest Marian monument in Europe

08/07/2026

Bp. Micas said that art by former Jesuit Fr. Rupnik at the Lourdes shrine will stay covered for Pope Leo's visit out of respect for his alleged victims and survivors of clerical abuse.

07/23/2026

"People love photographs or images of the places we visit, (and) people that we know and love. I think it’s the same impetus to re-create buildings or parts of buildings in other places"
-Duncan Stroik

(OSV News) — In Assisi, one of the main pilgrim draws is a tiny church dwarfed by its expansive surroundings, the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels near Assisi,…

06/12/2026

Pope Leo celebrated Mass at Sagrada Familia and blessed its completed central tower on the 100th anniversary of the death of architect Antoni Gaudí.

"It is faith that shapes the stones and gives meaning to the edifice we inhabit together. In our prayer, therefore, we discover the original bond between all things and God, the Creator of heaven and earth. He is the Artist who has imprinted his splendor upon the cosmos. Created in his image, humanity responds to God’s work with its own ingenuity: this is how the artist transforms talent into praise and creativity into a testimony to the Creator himself. As an architect inspired by faith, the venerable Antoni Gaudí designed this place with the desire to narrate the mysteries of the Lord’s life. In this way, he has proposed to us a spiritual pilgrimage, leading to an encounter with Christ who for our sake was born, died and rose again."
-Homily, June 10, Pope Leo XIV

Read the full homily below.

05/11/2026

Duncan Stroik will be speaking on Traditional Masonry in the 21st Century in Cape May, NJ. Register for the conference below:

https://www.traditionalbuildingshow.com/speakers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=TDB+-+IP+-+Traditional+Building+Conference&oly_enc_id=5845B5825412A5Y

04/10/2026

"From Maryland, founded as a haven for English Catholics, to the scattered communities of Virginia, the Carolinas and what would become West Virginia, Catholic life developed under very different conditions."

In this continuing series on the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, the story now turns southward.

04/07/2026

"Critics describe a canopy built to shield medieval carvings in Angers as a ‘concrete UFO’, while supporters say it follows a centuries-old tradition of change"

Critics describe a canopy built to shield medieval carvings in Angers as a ‘concrete UFO’, while supporters say it follows a centuries-old tradition of change