- The Vatican says no final ruling has been issued yet in the canonical trial of Slovenian priest and artist Marko Rupnik, contradicting reports of an acquittal.
- The case — with allegations from more than 20 women and Rupnik’s 2023 expulsion from the Jesuits — is being watched as a test of the Vatican’s accountability for clergy abuse.
- Rupnik is a high-profile religious artist whose mosaics appear in about 200 churches (including in the Vatican), and the trial’s secrecy has prompted criticism from victims’ lawyers.