Lourdes Bishop Says Shrine Will Cover All Rupnik Mosaics Ahead of Pope’s Visit to France

August 20, 2026 World News

Valentine Chapuis
Workers cover a mosaic made by Marko Rupnik, a Slovenian priest and world-renowned mosaic artist accused of abusing a community of adult religious women in the 1990s, displayed on the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Basilica in the Sanctuary of Lourdes in Lourdes, southwestern France, on March 31, 2025. |

‘My role is to ensure that the shrine welcomes everyone, especially those who are suffering,’ Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said.

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