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The latest twists and turns in the sordid Marko Rupnik affair
By John M. Grondelski | March 10th 2025 11:36 AMThe Italian website La Bussola Nuova Quotidiana continues to pose uncomfortable questions about ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik, accused of sexual abuse; his seeming Cardinal Protector, Angelo De Donatis, former Vicar General (the Pope’s Administrator) of the Archdiocese of Rome and now the Church’s Major Penitentiary; and a convent in Montefiola, northeast…
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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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