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A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case

by Junno Arocho Esteves

For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays. 

Nunciature: No papal event for Paris Rupnik chapel; bishop confirms pope ordered Vatican News Rupnik ban
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Aug. 30, 2026
Never let injustice, evil in the world corrupt your heart, pope tells faithful
Pope Leo grants Eastern Synods the faculty to remove patriarchs
AI in the Catholic classroom: As a new school year starts, what role does it play?

U.S. Church

Meta $18 billion settlement over child safety raises questions about its real impact

by Kimberley Heatherington

The social media giant has not admitted wrongdoing in the settlement.

New DOJ report alleges FBI ‘took minimal corrective action’ after ‘radical traditionalist’ memo

Cassidy takes aim at FDA mifepristone regulation, manufacturers

Precious in God’s eyes: Irish primate reflects on Father Flanagan’s witness

Prayers for migrants, immigrants, refugees echo through Missouri Capitol’s rotunda

Pilgrims turn to ‘red dirt Catholic’ martyr as Blessed Stanley Rother story gets wide release

World

Catholic agencies respond to Nepal floods, as U.S. bishop calls for greater international aid

by Gina Christian

A U.S. Catholic bishop is calling on the international community to step up aid after devastating torrents of water and mud raged along the Nepal-China border, killing more …

Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
Court acquits man who assaulted French nun in Jerusalem
Kraków Archdiocese to review past, current cases of possible abuse of vulnerable adults
‘Let us be clear: this war must end,’ Archbishop Gallagher tells Russian authorities in Moscow
Spanish Church seeks new directions from a 16th-century mystic

Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade

Venezuelan archbishop says hope endures as Church rebuilds from catastrophic quakes

Bishop: Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope’s visit and remain masked indefinitely

Vatican

Prayer, social justice are inseparable, pope tells the Society of St. Vincent de Paul

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

Dolly Parton’s life of faith

by Kurt Jensen

Memento mori

by Greg Erlandson

Look to the teenagers

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Reviews

The End of Oak Street

by John Mulderig
‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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