Father Marko Rupnik in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / Credit: EWTN
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2025 / 11:08 am (CNA).
TheVaticanonMondayremovedartworkbyformerJesuitFatherMarkoIvanRupnikfromitsofficialwebsites.
DigitalimagesoftheSlovenianpriest’ssacredart,whichwerefrequentlyusedbyVaticanNewstoillustratearticlesoftheChurch’sliturgicalfeastdays,arenolongerfoundonthedigitalnewsservice.
CatholicwriterAmyWelborntooktoXtoshowscreenshotsofVaticanNews’“MemorialoftheBlessedVirginMary,MotheroftheChurch”articlebeforeandafterRupnik’saccompanyingartworkwasremovedfromthewebsiteonJune9.
Rupnik,whowasexpelledbytheSocietyofJesusinJune2023forhis“stubbornrefusaltoobservethevowofobedience,”isaccusedbyabouttwodozenwomen,mostlyformernuns,ofspiritual,psychological,andsexualabusetheyallegehasoccurredoverthepastthreedecades.
TherecentchangestotheVaticanNewsandtheDicasteryforCommunicationwebsitescamesoonafterPopeLeoXIVmetwithmembersofthePontificalCommissionfortheProtectionofMinorsonJune5.
Withinthefirstweekofhispontificat
