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Vatican Names Five-Judge Tribunal to Try Former Jesuit Artist Marko Rupnik

The five-member panel, drawn from non-Curia women and clerics, is intended to ensure independence after years of scrutiny over delays.

Pope Leo XIV Faces Renewed Scrutiny After Dissolution of Abusive Catholic Society