The Narthex
Rupnik, Reality, & the Right to a 'Good Name'
A Vatican dicastery’s letter seems to come from a make-believe world
By John M. Grondelski | March 4th 2025 12:48 PMThe Italian website La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana broke a story March 3 (linked below) claiming that Marko Rupnik and his Centro Aletti confreres are moving into a convent in Montefiola, northeast of Rome. According to the report, the nuns currently there are being evicted. The website claims the whole process…
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If you put yourself in the public spotlight, your official actions are subject to public scrutiny
By John M. Grondelski | June 27th 2024 6:55 PMLast Friday’s tone-deaf remarks by Vatican Communications Dicastery Prefect Paolo Ruffini saying he saw no reason not to continue using the art of ex-Jesuit sex abuser Marko Rupnik on Vatican products has drawn two distinct responses. Most of the Catholic press has ignored the story -- not only nothing to…
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