The Church Emerges From a “Association of the Faithful” Accused of Acting as a Sect
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María Milagrosa Pérez (Seville, 1967) was aware of his religious vocation at the age of 19. His career in the Church has led him on different courses, but to meet the Jesuit Antonio Mansilla, founder of the Daughters of Merciful Love (HAM) in 1983, would lead him in the end to be the superior mother of this religious congregation that currently has headquarters in Madrid, Seville and Toledo. This week, however, Pérez has been removed from office…
A religious institution, linked to the Church, with novices, pastoral activity and functioning as an order, although it was not, has just been disauthorized and intervened by the Archdiocese of Madrid. The Daughters of Merciful Love, in the center of a controversy that includes accusations of abuse and functioning as a sect, among other denunciations, have lost even their superior, María Milagrosa Pérez Caballero.Continue reading...
Ecclesiastical decision fully affects one of the most popular movements among young Catholics in Spain. Secretism, emotionality and pop aesthetics mark a trend that grows strongly: faith as an experiential experience. The Archdiocese of Madrid has just dissolved the Daughters of Merciful Love association, a false congregation that accumulates denunciations for sectarian behavior, spiritual and sexual abuse and that is behind the fashion retreats…
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