Renovação Carismática Católica (high-control Latin American variants)
Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America (originally a 1960s US movement) — mostly low-control with substantial Vatican approval. Specific high-control sub-circles around individual charismatic priests have been documented.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America; mainstream is low-control, specific high-control sub-currents documented.
Profile facts
In context
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America has tens of millions of participants integrated within the broader Catholic Church. Mainstream practice is low-control. Specific sub-circles around individual charismatic priests (e.g. Padre Marcelo Rossi-adjacent intensives, certain RCC retreat centres) have been documented as exhibiting moderate high-control patterns. The CLCI applies to those specific contexts.
Key control doctrines
- Charismatic gifts (tongues, healing) within Catholic Church
- Specific priest's interpretation in high-control variants
Recovery resources
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Evidence by BITE axis
- Specific intensives charge substantial fees
- Members donate to retreat centres
- Specific priest's teaching authoritative in high-control variants
- Charismatic-gift framework
- Doubt about charismatic phenomena treated as spiritual failure
- Mass-event emotional intensity
- Strong in-group community in active circles
Timeline
- 1967Catholic Charismatic Renewal begins at Duquesne University
- 1970s+Spreads across Latin America
Sources
- Edward Cleary academic work on Latin American Catholic Charismatic Renewal search ↗
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