Abusos IVE y SSVM

Tag: Institute of the Incarnate Word

  • 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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  • 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 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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