Vatican News removes Rupnik art from website
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Father Marko Rupnik in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / Credit: EWTNVatican City, Jun 9, 2025 / 11:08 am (CNA).The Vatican on Monday removed artwork by former Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik from its official websites.Digital images of the Slovenian priest's sacred art, which were frequently used by Vatican News to illustrate articles of the Church's liturgical feast days, are no longer found on the digital news service.Catholic writer Amy Welborn took to X to show screenshots of Vatican News' "Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" article before and after Rupnik's accompanying artwork was removed from the website on June 9.Rupnik, who was expelled by the Society of Jesus in June 2023 for his "stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience," is accused by about two dozen women, mostly former nuns, of spiritual, psychological, and sexual abuse they allege has occurred over the past three decades.The recent changes to the Vatican News and the Dicastery for...
Father Marko Rupnik in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / Credit: EWTN
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2025 / 11:08 am (CNA).
The Vatican on Monday removed artwork by former Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik from its official websites.
Digital images of the Slovenian priest's sacred art, which were frequently used by Vatican News to illustrate articles of the Church's liturgical feast days, are no longer found on the digital news service.
Catholic writer Amy Welborn took to X to show screenshots of Vatican News' "Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" article before and after Rupnik's accompanying artwork was removed from the website on June 9.
Rupnik, who was expelled by the Society of Jesus in June 2023 for his "stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience," is accused by about two dozen women, mostly former nuns, of spiritual, psychological, and sexual abuse they allege has occurred over the past three decades.
The recent changes to the Vatican News and the Dicastery for Communication websites came soon after Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on June 5.
Within the first week of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV met with Cardinal Seán O'Malley, OFM, archbishop emeritus of Boston and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, on May 14.
Several Church leaders and Catholic groups around the world have increasingly called for the removal of sacred art created by the former Jesuit.
On March 31, the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France announced its decision to cover Rupnik mosaics found at the entrances to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary.
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