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Marko Rupnik
Slovenian artist, theologian, and priest
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Marko Ivan Rupnik (1) · Catholic Church (1) · mosaics (1) · sexual abuse allegations (1) · Vatican art (1) · art removal debate (1) · Jesuit (1)
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Marko Ivan Rupnik (born 28 November 1954) is a Slovenian Catholic priest, theologian, mosaic artist, former Jesuit, and alleged rapist. Among the churches he has decorated around the world are the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington D.C., the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Sanctuary of Fátima, the Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid. He was the director of Centro Aletti in Rome and was a theological student of Tomáš Špidlík.
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🇺🇸 Should Churches Remove Art by a Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse?The Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik has installed mosaics across the Roman Catholic world, including at the Vatican. After nuns accused him of abuse, some want...
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