Abusos IVE y SSVM

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  • “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    Article originally published in El Debate on April 7, 2025.

    The decision responds to decades of abuses of power, spiritual manipulation and financial scandals within their communities

    By María Rabell García (Correspondent in Rome and the Vatican of “El Debate”)

    By decision of Pope Francis, the Holy See has decreed the definitive suppression of the Public Association of Faithful Servants of God’s Plan, one of the female branches born of the Sodalitium of Christian Life and founded by the Peruvian Luis Fernando Figari.

    This measure, executed by a decree of the dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, is part of the process of dissolution of all the works promoted by Figari, who has been accused for years of abuses of power, conscience and sexual abuses, as well as financial irregularities.

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  • McCarrick and the IVE: An Uneasy Relationship

    McCarrick and the IVE: An Uneasy Relationship

    On April 3, 2025, former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick died at the age of 94. His death closes a dark stage in the recent history of the Catholic Church in the United States, but it also invites us to turn our gaze to its protective environment, its network of allies and beneficiaries. Among them, a congregation that our readers know well: the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), founded by Carlos Miguel Buela in Argentina in 1984.

    The relationship between McCarrick and the IVE was not superficial or merely diplomatic. It involved direct financial support, participation in key institutional events, shared accommodation with seminarians. This article compiles public sources to critically examine this alliance.

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  • What future for the priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in the event of a dissolution?

    What future for the priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in the event of a dissolution?

    This article comes in the wake of numerous comments from concerned people, both inside and outside the Institute of the Incarnate Word, who seek to understand what may happen if the Vatican decides to dissolve it.

    What does a canonical dissolution mean?

    The dissolution of an institute of consecrated life is an extreme measure that is taken only when it is considered that the aims of the institute have been irreversibly distorted or that it has become harmful to its members or to the Church itself. According to the Code of Canon Law (canon 584), it is for the Holy See alone to dissolve an institute of pontifical right. It should be noted that the IVE, so far, has not been erected as an institute of pontifical right, so its eventual formal dissolution would follow a different procedure, although equally supervised by the Holy See. In some cases, reform has been chosen (as happened with the Legionaries of Christ); in others, suppression has been inevitable.

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  • The Heroic Minute: Thirteen Women Break the Silence on Opus Dei

    The Heroic Minute: Thirteen Women Break the Silence on Opus Dei

    On February 7, 2025, the Max platform premiered a shocking documentary series: The Heroic Minute: I Also Left Opus Dei. This production, directed by the renowned journalist Mònica Terribas and developed by The Mediapro Studio, offers an unprecedented look inside one of the most hermetic institutions of the Catholic Church.

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  • Letter from the Pontifical Delegate for the Institute of the Incarnate Word dated 25/03/2025

    Letter from the Pontifical Delegate for the Institute of the Incarnate Word dated 25/03/2025

    Teruel, March 25, 2025

    Prot. n. IVE-010 /2025

    LOVE THE IVE MORE AND BETTER

    Letter on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Incarnation of the Lord

    Dear Brothers of the Institute of the Incarnate Word,

    On the occasion of the Solemnity of the Incarnation of the Lord, the mystery that gives its name and inspiration to our Congregation, I would like to send a very cordial greeting to all of you, especially to those who are suffering.

    After two and a half months as Pontifical Delegate, I would like to thank you for your attention in all the houses I have visited: Montefiascone, Acilia, Segni and Fossanova. Although – as is normal – many of you would like to have your own government for the Institute, you have given me a warm and fraternal welcome.

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  • What can the Vatican do about the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE)?

    What can the Vatican do about the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE)?

    After six pontifical interventions, dissolution seems inevitable

     

    🔶 Introduction

    The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), founded in Argentina in 1984, has expanded rapidly throughout the world. However, behind this façade of missionary dynamism, numerous testimonies denounce abuses of power, spiritual manipulation, doctrinal rigidity and a sectarian structure that is difficult to reform.

    The most striking fact: the Holy See has already appointed six pontifical commissioners to intervene the institute. None of them managed to bring about structural change.
    What real alternatives are left now for the Vatican?

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  • 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

  • Decree of suppression of Miles Christi: any resemblance to the IVE/SSVM is purely coincidental

    Decree of suppression of Miles Christi: any resemblance to the IVE/SSVM is purely coincidental

    We publish below the decree of suppression of the Miles Christi Institute, issued by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. As for the diagnosis of the Holy See that led to the suppression of this institute, it would be enough to change “Miles Christi” to “IVE/SSVM” to see what awaits them if they continue to be so obstinate.

  • AICA: The Vatican decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi religious institute

    AICA: The Vatican decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi religious institute

    We reproduce here the article published by the Argentine Catholic News Agency today, March 6, 2025.

    The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi clerical religious institute of diocesan right.

    “This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on February 6, 2025,” an official statement said.

    In this way, the task of Pontifical Commissioner of Monsignor Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva was concluded and the dicastery appointed Monsignor Mauricio Landra, auxiliary bishop of Mercedes-Luján, as pontifical delegate for the execution of the suppression of the institute.

    The communication bears the signature of Monsignor Landra.

    Text of the communication

    On February 19, 2025, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi Diocesan Religious Clerical Institute of Diocesan Right.

    This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on February 6, 2025.

    In this way the task of Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva as Pontifical Commissioner is concluded, and I have been appointed by the same Dicastery as Pontifical Delegate for the execution of the suppression of the Institute.

    We have notified the Institute of this decision today.

    Bearing in mind the delicacy and complexity of the situation, in order that everything may be carried out with justice and charity, in order to give effect to the decision taken by the Holy See, we entrust this time to Mary, Mother of the Church.

    Buenos Aires, March 6, 2025.

    Msgr. Mauricio Landra, Pontifical Delegate.+