And it regards the liturgical practice of the Way. Lending weight to this apology is the ardent preface written by Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the pontifical council "Cor Unum," and even more so the innumerable attestations of esteem made by John Paul II, which are compiled in the second part of the book.īut there is one point upon which this apology remains weak.
The book is an open apology for the Neocatechumenal Way, in response to the criticisms advanced up to now, even by authoritative bishops and cardinals, before and after the approval of the statutes.
The synthesis was made public – evidently at the behest of Kiko and Carmen, and using their unpublished texts – in Italy at the end of 2004, by a priest of the Way, Piergiovanni Devoto, in a book entitled: "The Neocatechumenate: A Christian Initiation for Adults," printed by the Chirico publishing house in Naples. Notably, up until now there has been only a synthesis of the first fifteen catecheses and the following two days of life in common that is, of the birth phase of each new community: two months out of a span of fifteen years, which is the minimum duration of catechesis in the Way. Written "in a somewhat chaotic way, with unclear theoretical formulations, with recourse to paradoxes, using images more than concepts" (this is one evaluation of the original draft, made by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy), these catechetical writings have lent themselves over the years to accusations of doctrinal error, which a reviewed and corrected publication should put to rest.īut such a publication still seems a long way off. In effect, the catechisms written by Kiko and Carmen, which provide a model for all of the Way, have never been made public, and are still under examination by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "It now falls to the appropriate dicasteries of the Holy See to examine the catechetical directory and all the catechetical, not to mention liturgical, practices of the Way itself." That same year, on September 21, John Paul II reminded the heads of the Way: On June 29, 2002, the Holy See approved its statutes. Among the new movements that have arisen within the Catholic Church in recent decades – on the "dangers" of which an editorial in "La Civiltà Cattolica" sounded the alarm on Aug– there is one that is under closer observation than the rest: the Neocatechumenal Way.īegun in 1964 in Spain by Francisco "Kiko" Argüello and Carmen Hernández (see photo), the Way has seen impressive growth throughout the world.
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