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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Personal successes vs. institutional failures in the IVE/SSVM
One of the most frequent strategies of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) is to appropriate the achievements of its members and, at the same time, dissociate itself from their failures. When a priest or religious does a positive work, the Institute boasts of it as if it were irrefutable proof of the goodness of his charism and his system of formation. On the other hand, when scandals or serious falls appear, the official discourse insists that they are personal weaknesses, individual sins, without any connection to the institution.
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Father Antony del Castillo (IVE): sent to Peru after sex scandal, reappears on Instagram as if nothing had happened
A few weeks ago we reported on the scandal involving Father Antony del Castillo, a priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), who had relations with a young woman of just 18 years of age in the framework of a summer oratory organized by the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matará (SSVM) in Jonzac.
At that time, the Institute reacted by urgently transferring the priest to Peru, in what seemed to be a disciplinary and preventive measure. However, reality shows another side.
A video on Instagram from Peru
Antony del Castillo himself recently posted on his Instagram account a video recorded from Peru, showing himself relaxed, speaking in French, without alluding at all to the scandal that motivated him to be evacuated from France. The publication has caused outrage among those who know the case, as it shows that there is no real sanction or recognition of the seriousness of the facts.
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Father Dwight Longenecker’s criteria for whether they are a sectarian group
Father Dwight Longenecker has been a fundamentalist Protestant pastor, an evangelical of the charismatic type, an Episcopalian, an Anglican clergyman and for many years he has been a Catholic priest, chaplain at a Catholic university and a firm defender of the Catholic magisterium.
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Sex scandal: Father Antony del Castillo (IVE), priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, is urgently transferred to Peru
Recently, a serious case involving Father Antony del Castillo, a priest belonging to the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), has come to light. According to various sources, Castillo’s father would have had sexual relations with an 18-year-old girl, in circumstances that point to a possible exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
The sexual relations would have occurred in the context of the summer oratory, organized by the congregation of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará in Jonzac (Diocese of La Rochelle, in France), where the reported events took place.
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“These people don’t change their minds…”
Article based on a comment left by a reader.
In 1987 St. John Paul II visited the city of Mendoza (Argentina). And there the people of the Incarnate Word went. The city of Mendoza is located about 3 hours from San Rafael, the founding place of the Institute of the Incarnate Word.
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A statue, a lie: the IVE quietly prepares its rewriting of history
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.
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Italian Bishops’ Conference: “Spiritual abuse; elements of recognition and context”
Abuse in the ecclesial context is always spiritual
INTRODUCTION
The abuses of power, conscience and spirituality represent a deep wound in the Church not only for the people who suffer them, but also for the communities and institutions in which they take place. These are complex dynamics that are intertwined with trust, the role of authority and human vulnerability; they often happen in areas where relationships should be a space for growth and protection. Understanding these phenomena means going beyond appearances, grasping the systemic roots that make them possible and the devastating consequences they produce in the lives of the victims, both personally and spiritually.
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