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Lourdes shrine reviewing mosaics after Jesuit abuse claims

FILE - Pope Benedict XVI, center, celebrates a Mass in front of the Basilica of the Rosary in Lourdes, southwestern France, on Sept. 15, 2008. Behind him is one of the mosaics by Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik, who was declared excommunicated in 2020 for committing one of the worst crimes in church law – using the confessional to absolve a woman with whom he had engaged in sexual activity. Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes, France announced the creation of a study group Friday, March 31, 2023, to decide what to do with the sanctuary’s mosaics, its most famous but now controversial attraction. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarant

Rome, ItalyAP Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes announced the creation of a study group Friday to decide what to do with one of the French sanctuary’s most famous but now controversial attractions: mosaics by a Jesuit artist who has been sanctioned by the Vatican and his religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically […]

Religious tour operators hope for a better 2021 following coronavirus travel restrictions

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

New York City, USReligion Unplugged The pandemic has affected the global economy in unprecedented ways – with religious tourism especially brought to its knees as a result of the virus.   Six months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the travel industry continues to struggle as restrictions continue, many hotels remain […]