13 Facts About Marko Rupnik

Marko Ivan Rupnik was born on 28 November 1954 and is a Slovenian Catholic priest, theologian, mosaic artist, former Jesuit, and alleged rapist.

Marko Rupnik was the director of Centro Aletti in Rome and was a theological student of Tomas Spidlik.

Marko Rupnik was expelled from the Society of Jesus on June 15,2023, for "stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience", by decree of the superior general Arturo Sosa.

Marko Rupnik was born 28 November 1954 to Ivan and Ivanka Kaucic in Zadlog, a village in the Municipality of Idrija, in western Slovenia, at the time part of Yugoslavia.

Marko Rupnik then enrolled in the theology program at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

In 1985 Marko Rupnik was ordained a priest in Koper, but continued to study at the Gregorian, specializing now in missiology.

In 1991, Marko Rupnik returned to Rome, at the same time Tomas Spidlik took up a residence at the newly founded Centro Alleti.

The Society of Jesus issued a statement on 2 December 2022, confirming that Marko Rupnik had undergone a canonical investigation in the previous months at the request of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The Society of Jesus then appointed a religious from another institute as external investigator, while Marko Rupnik was placed under various restrictions, such as bans on hearing confessions, giving spiritual direction, conducting spiritual exercises, and engaging in public activities without a local superior's permission, as a precautionary measure.

The Jesuit superior general, Arturo Sosa, revealed on 14 December 2022 that, after a 2019 complaint, Marko Rupnik had been convicted and sanctioned by the Holy See for the ecclesiastical crime of absolution of an accomplice.

Marko Rupnik created the logo for the 2022 World Meeting of Families and he met privately with Pope Francis on 3 January 2022.

Marko Rupnik himself had asked permission to leave the order already in January 2023 after having lost all confidence in his superiors.

In October 2023, it was released that Marko Rupnik had been incardinated into the Slovenian Diocese of Koper in August.