Dr. Fernando López Arias (*1982 in Málaga, Spain) studied Liturgical Theology and Architecture in Madrid, Rome and Pamplona. Since 2020, he has been a professor at the Institute of Liturgy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. He is also a lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University. His areas of interest include the Sacrament of Penance, celebrative space and the Liturgical Reform of Vatican II. He recently published El Concilio Vaticano II y la arquitectura sagrada, a study on the reform of contemporary sacred architecture in the light of archival sources.