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Two weeks after the Vatican said its canonical criminal trial of Father Marko Rupnik was ongoing, OSV News has learned that 22 previously undisclosed letters from women who belonged to ...

The news this past week put the opacity of canonical criminal proceedings squarely in the spotlight, when the Vatican was forced to deny rumors a disgraced former Jesuit and one-time ...

The Vatican Press Office’s denial of Father Rupnik’s acquittal, accused of sexually abusing at least twenty nuns, raises new questions. No one doubts that Father Rupnik, a former Jesuit, has ...

The Vatican on Wednesday denied rumors a verdict had been reached in the Church trial of Father Marko Rupnik, a notorious former Jesuit and a celebrity artist-priest, days after rumors ...

The victims in the Rupnik case report that they have been months without receiving information about the canonical process announced by the Vatican, which has generated indignation and new criticisms ...

Despite the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith recently announcing the appointment of judges for the canonical trial of Marko Ivan Rupnik, the Slovenian priest accused of abusing several ...

The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Monday that a panel of five judges has been nominated to decide the disciplinary case against Father Marko Rupnik, accused of the sexual and psychological ...

A complicated stain on Pope Francis’s legacy is further explored in Nuns vs the Vatican, a sensitive and unsettling documentary following women whose sexual abuse allegations were long ignored by ...

In this explosive episode of The Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Fr. Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down the latest seismic shifts in Rome. Is Pope Leo charting a bold ...

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 ...

Rome, Laura Sgrò's office. Maria (fictitious name) enters. She is a nun. She says she was raped by a priest. "They also killed my son." Forced abortion. Maria cries, she ...

In a conversation with the press earlier this week, the Venezuelan Jesuit superior general, Fr Arturo Sosa, acknowledged that his order had been “blind” to abuses committed by Rupnik, the ...

Disgraced former Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik’s mosaics have been used by the Vatican again to mark St. Joseph’s Day, even as victims allege depraved abuse and coercion related to his ...

Here’s a timeline of known facts from Catholic News Agency about the Father Rupnik case, including the knowledge and response of the Jesuits and the Vatican: 2018 October: Jesuit Father ...

Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal join Raymond Arroyo to discuss the two-tier justice system within the Francis papacy ...

Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, a Slovenian priest and renowned Catholic artist, famous for his mosaics in over 220 churches and sanctuaries around the world, is at the center of serious ...

Father Marko Rupnik confronted at Rome airport baggage claim by Italian journalist Roberta Rei. TRANSCRIPT: 1 00:00:00 --> 00:00:30 Father Marko, hello, it’s a pleasure. Roberta Rei from Le Iene, ...

Former Jesuit priest Father Marko Rupnik, credibly accused of sexually abusing numerous women and nuns, has reportedly moved into a convent outside Rome, forcing the resident Benedictine Sisters of Priscilla ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández (Tucho), the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said this week that there are “worse but less publicized” abuse cases than that ...

Although Father Marko Rupnik’s According to the Spirit sheds little light on Pope Francis’s spiritual theology, it is both valuable and concerning as the written testament of a controversial priest whose ...

Transparency and truth are of “critical importance” in the work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Secretary ...