Abusos IVE y SSVM

Category: Reflection

  • Sectarian drifts: document of the French Bishops’ Conference

    Sectarian drifts: document of the French Bishops’ Conference

    We publish here a document of the bishops of France on sectarian drifts, by Sr. Chantal-Marie SORLIN, Head of the Office of the Episcopal Conference for Sectarian Drifts, June 2014

    Translation by Ana Azanza. Original text in French .

    This list of criteria follows a behavioral process in four chronological steps:

    1. The cult of personality

    The members of the group feel attracted and grouped around a founder with a complex personality in his career and pretensions…

    1.1 The birth of the group

    A dysfunction in the discernment of vocations can have dire consequences. Examples abound of candidates for the priesthood rejected in one diocese but accepted in another. The same applies to the recognition of an association of the faithful or a community. Likewise, the Swiss bishops have just recalled this requirement: “when candidates for the priesthood or religious life change their place of formation or community, information must circulate among the directors in a clear and precise manner.”

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  • Excellent video from the Archdiocese of Madrid on spiritual abuse: application to the IVE/SSVM

    Excellent video from the Archdiocese of Madrid on spiritual abuse: application to the IVE/SSVM

    This video published by the Archdiocese of Madrid explains many aspects of life in the IVE and SSVM

  • Hypocrisy: A Mask of Virtue

    Hypocrisy: A Mask of Virtue

    We know that hypocrisy is a term used to describe the attitude of someone who says one thing but does another. As St. Thomas Aquinas mentions, he defines it as “a kind of fraud, which consists in feigning a virtue or a piety that one does not have” (II-II. Q.111.a1). This leads us to reflect on the authenticity and coherence between our words and actions.

    In this sense, today we see religious and priests of the IVE praying for Pope Francis, a gesture that may seem to be one of charity and respect. However, there is a historical context that may change our perspective. The relationship between Cardinal Bergoglio and the founder, Carlos Buela, was one of enmity during his stay in Argentina.

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