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  • An IVE priest retired from ministry in Chicago: another red flag about the Institute of the Incarnate Word

    An IVE priest retired from ministry in Chicago: another red flag about the Institute of the Incarnate Word

    The Archdiocese of Chicago reported that Father Jose Molina, IVE, was removed from ministry following allegations of improper and inappropriate communications with minors and adult women. The case raises serious questions about the institutional model of the Institute of the Incarnate Word: its lack of psychological filtering, its culture of expansion, the loneliness of many of its priests and the way in which the institute seeks episcopal support to defend itself before Rome.

    The Archdiocese of Chicago said Father Jose Molina, a priest at the Institute of the Incarnate Word, was removed from ministry after receiving allegations that he had “improper and inappropriate conversations and communications” with minors and adult women.

    The information was communicated by Cardinal Blase Cupich in a letter dated May 9, 2026 and addressed to the faithful of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Chicago, where the priest had been serving as a temporary minister since August 2025.

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  • The “Crystal Generation” at the Institute of the Incarnate Word: A Mechanism of Institutional De-Responsibility

    The “Crystal Generation” at the Institute of the Incarnate Word: A Mechanism of Institutional De-Responsibility

    The term “crystal generation” has become prevalent in contemporary discourse to designate young people as emotionally fragile. Although it is used colloquially, in institutional contexts it can be transformed into a tool for emotional control, a mechanism described in depth by studies of social psychology and sectarian dynamics (Singer, 2003; Lalich & Tobias, 2006; Hassan, 2018).

    At the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), this expression serves to exonerate the institution from responsibility for the psychological suffering of young members and to reinforce a system of vertical obedience, a dynamic widely documented in the literature on authoritarian organizations (Lifton, 1989; Barker, 1984).

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  • Responding to a reader: why don’t we stop?

    Responding to a reader: why don’t we stop?

    A reader of our blog, Enrique R., has questioned us several times in recent days about our persistence in continuing to denounce what happened to the late Buela.

    Enrique, perhaps you belong to the younger generations and do not know the past.

    Nine years ago, Fr. Carlos Walker, in his capacity as Superior General, received an email from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which we publish in its entirety below.

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  • Abuse of consecrated women: “The first words should be: I believe you, you are not alone” (Aciprensa)

    Abuse of consecrated women: “The first words should be: I believe you, you are not alone” (Aciprensa)

    In view of the typically cynical attitude of the religious of the IVE to blame the religious who were victims of sexual abuse by Father José María Corbelle, we reproduce here an article originally published by Victoria Cardiel in Aciprensa that illustrates the attitude that the members of the IVE should have when they pastorally accompany the sisters.

    The challenge of confronting abuse in consecrated life – in all its dimensions: sexual, power, conscience and also economic – was the focus of the work of the international meeting organized by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in Palazzo Maffei Marescotti in Rome.

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  • The Institute of the Incarnate Word continues to promote vocations despite the Vatican’s express prohibition on recruiting new members

    The Institute of the Incarnate Word continues to promote vocations despite the Vatican’s express prohibition on recruiting new members

    Despite the canonical prohibition on admitting new members imposed by the Holy See, the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) continues to spread messages of vocation propaganda on social networks and other digital media.

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  • Del Opus Dei al Verbo Encarnado: del poder ordenado al desorden con pretensiones

    Del Opus Dei al Verbo Encarnado: del poder ordenado al desorden con pretensiones

    Opus Dei is heading towards its greatest transformation since the death of St. Josemaría Escrivá. The new statutes, which divide the Work into three distinct entities, will mark the end of that “unity of spirit and government” that for almost a century defined its identity.

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  • El IVE, una secta en guerra contra la Iglesia

    El IVE, una secta en guerra contra la Iglesia

    The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) presents itself as a vigorous movement, full of apostolic zeal and young vocations. But behind this façade, what is hidden is a sect with internal dynamics of manipulation, espionage and collective paranoia.

    A permanent conflict with Rome

    For decades, the Vatican has tried to curb the abuses of this group with control measures, restrictions and apostolic visitations. And each time, the IVE responds with the same strategy: not obedience, but resistance. Not evangelical humility, but open war. A constant confrontation disguised as heroism, in which the internal slogan is clear: “everyone wants to close us down”. This siege mentality is typical of cults: permanent victimhood, imaginary enemies and an identity built on confrontation.

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  • The Incarnate Word Against Rome: The Fraud of the Deferred Novitiate

    The Incarnate Word Against Rome: The Fraud of the Deferred Novitiate

    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?

    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

    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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