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No, Caravaggio & Rupnik Are Not the Same

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The Rupnik sycophants are reeling as more and more religious sites and the Vatican expunge Rupnik from their properties and publications. The lengths they go to defend the man’s art are ridiculous and show a complete lack of charity and consideration to his victims. They just need to suck it up, apparently. In case you are not familiar with the charges against Rupnik, this is two of his more than 20 victims: Two of Father Rupnik’s alleged victims speak publicly for the first time

First, Rupnik’s “art” is awful. There’s no depth to it and it looks as if mosaic art and anime came together to form works that could have been produced by a sixth-grader. It certainly doesn’t even come anywhere close to this: Christ Pantocrator in Sicily - Wonders of Sicily

Now, people like Austen Ivereigh — who said he’s never, never, ever going to take down his Rupnik art — seem to ignore this, but Rupnik’s artwork was often created in an act of abuse. Or, perhaps, maybe that’s why they like it? He used the art to abuse women, and he used the abuse of women to create the art. They are monuments to abuse, not sacred art, and it’s completely agonizing for his many victims. This isn’t the same with Caravaggio. He didn’t actually fight or kill someone while he was painting.

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