Mosaics by the alleged sexual abuser Father Rupnik, who is under investigation and awaiting a trial by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, were added to the neo-Gothic facade ...

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Fr. Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more ...

The Rupnik mosaics adorning the facade of Lourdes' Rosary Basilica "will one day need to be removed", Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said in an interview with French Catholic newspaper La Croix ...

The Rupnik mosaics adorning the facade of Lourdes' Rosary Basilica "will one day need to be removed", Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said in an interview with French Catholic newspaper La Croix ...

The artworks, by Rev. Mark Rupnik, adorn the facade of the Rosary Basilica in Lourdes near the France-Spain border. Mr Rupnik was expelled from the Catholic Jesuit order in 2023, but remains a priest.

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more ...

The facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary at Lourdes in April 2023, when the artwork of Marko Rupnik, a priest and former Jesuit now under investigation for sexual abuse, was still on view.

The uncovered facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary is pictured at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France in April 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy Greg Erlandson) ...

The artworks, by Rev. Mark Rupnik, adorn the facade of the Rosary Basilica in Lourdes near the France-Spain border. Mr Rupnik was expelled from the Catholic Jesuit order in 2023, but remains a priest.

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes called the decision a “second step” after his initial decision in July 2024 to no longer light up the mosaics at night.