Lourdes Covers Rupnik Mosaics for Antipope Leo XIV: Pastoral Humanitarianism Trumps Divine Law
The EWTN News portal reports (August 20, 2026) that the “bishop” of Tarbes and Lourdes, Jean-Marc Micas, has ordered the covering of all mosaics by the disgraced Jesuit Marko Rupnik on the façade of the Basilica of the Rosary ahead of the scheduled visit of the antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) to France in September. The “bishop” explicitly frames this act as a pastoral priority to “welcome everyone, especially those who are suffering,” placing the sentimental comfort of abuse victims above the honor due to God’s house. This maneuver exposes the neo-church’s definitive apostasy: it has replaced the salus animarum (the salvation of souls) with a purely naturalistic humanitarianism, using the covering of art as a theatrical prop for a usurper’s media pilgrimage.