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There's a New Sheriff in Town | FORWARD BOLDLY

Marco Rupnik and Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta

There's a new sheriff in town. And it shows.

Over the weekend, Catholics were disheartened to see — once again — mosaics from accused predator and laicized priest Marco Rupnik featured on the Vatican News website. 

Complaints were lodged online, with the expectation that the Vatican would simply ignore them, as they've ignored such complaints for years.

But with lightning speed, not only was the offending image removed, it seems all of Rupnik's artwork has vanished from the Vatican website. 

All of this took place overnight, in a matter of hours, and the only conclusion is that orders must have come from above.

For years we felt as if we were screaming into the void, and no one was listening.

Now, someone is listening.

Also in this episode: More Latin from the pontiff; predator Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta is finally out of Rome; and in Cincinnati, Ohio, an archbishop's first few months have been disastrous — and it's entirely of his own making. 

Watch FORWARD BOLDLY: There's a New Sheriff in Town

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The name Stella Maris has its roots in a 5th-century translation by St. Jerome of the Hebrew name for Mary, Miryam. Originally written as Stilla Maris, it meant "Drop of the Sea." Through what likely stemmed from a transcription error, this evolved into Stella Maris, which means "Star of the Sea."

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Christine Niles has worked in broadcast media for more than a decade, first founding her Forward Boldly radio network in 2012 before working as a reporter, investigative journalist, senior producer and anchor at St. Michael's Media. In 2023, Christine founded Stella Maris Media, a nonprofit devoted to truth-telling and reporting with integrity.

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Christine has been a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Christine Niles was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Her family left the country shortly after the collapse of Saigon to the Communists, spending several years in France before arriving to the United States.

Christine has degrees from Oxford University and Notre Dame Law School.

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