When the Holy See forbade the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) to admit new novices, it was not a minor gesture: it was an extreme measure in the face of the abuses, totalitarian control and psychological manipulation that weigh on this congregation. The message was unequivocal: without novitiates, there are no new religious.
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Institute of the Incarnate Word, too big to fail?
In the world of finance, the expression too big to fail is used to describe those institutions whose magnitude is such that their fall could drag down the entire system. It is usually applied to corrupt or poorly managed entities that, despite their faults, are kept standing because their collapse would have even more serious consequences. But what happens when this logic is applied, silently, within the Catholic Church?
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The Incarnate Word in Mendoza: vandalism, impunity and contempt for the rules
Once again, the facts speak for themselves. The recent episode denounced in Mendoza, where members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word would have vandalized a nature reserve, constitutes further proof of this attitude of contempt for the rules, that conviction that no rule applies to them and that they are above all law, whether civil or ecclesiastical.
Source: La Nación
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