In the circles of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), it has emerged that a statue of St. John Paul II dressed in the chasuble of the institute itself has been manufactured and is destined to be installed soon in its church in Manresa, Spain.
At first glance it might seem like a tribute. But in reality, it is a carefully calculated symbolic and doctrinal operation. Before being placed, this statue is already problematic. Because it does not represent history: it falsifies it.
What is this statue looking for?
The visual message is clear: to project the image that St. John Paul II would have been an ally of the IVE, a pope who supported them, blessed them, even dressed them. Placing the school’s coat of arms on his shoulders is more than just a decorative gesture: it is an act of visual propaganda.
But that propaganda is dishonest. And what he is trying to hide is even more serious.
What the IVE Doesn’t Say: Vatican Interventions Under John Paul II
During the pontificate of St. John Paul II itself, the Institute of the Incarnate Word was intervened at least three times by the Holy See, due to serious doubts about its internal formation, its authoritarian style, its culture of secrecy and its extreme verticalism.
The IVE never received pontifical approval. His canonical erection was diocesan and constantly monitored. There is not a single public document of Pope John Paul II that explicitly mentions or endorses them. On the contrary, Rome watched with concern its disorderly growth and its isolation from the rest of the consecrated life.
A statue not yet placed… But already scandalous
The fact that this image has not yet been installed in Manresa does not make it any less scandalous. On the contrary: it offers an opportunity for the local Church, and for the competent authorities, to prevent a false narrative from being legitimized in a Catholic temple.
Depicting a canonized saint with the vestments of a congregation that was the object of multiple interventions by the Holy See itself is a serious form of devotional manipulation.
An urgent appeal to the Holy See
We firmly ask the Holy See to act before this new nonsense materializes.
The statue that the IVE wants to place in Manresa is not a simple gesture of piety: it is an attempt to rewrite history in its favor, instrumentalizing the figure of a holy pope.
May what we have already seen not be repeated
This is not an isolated case. The IVE has been cultivating an iconography full of sacralized figures of its own founder for years. To add now the manipulated figure of St. John Paul II is to take another step in that dangerous direction.
What can you do?
Spread this information. Talk to those who have pastoral responsibility in the diocese of Vic. Ask, respectfully, if this facility has been approved. The Church cannot allow his memory to be falsified in the name of a fabricated “devotion”.
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