The Neo-Catechumenal Way: Leo XIV Praises a Modernist Cult

Kiko Argüello (left), co-founder and leader of the Neo-Catechumenal Way, is greeted by Leo XIV. Under post-conciliar papal patronage, the NCW’s leaders enjoy vast power over their members, leading to many abuses.
A Sect Born of Vatican II’s Spirit
The Neo-Catechumenal Way (NCW) was born in 1964 in the wake of Vatican II, founded by layman Francisco “Kiko” Argüello and Carmen Hernández. It bills itself as an “itinerary of Christian formation” for lapsed Catholics, but it resembles a sect within the conciliar Church. Even its name – “the Way” – betrays an exclusive self-concept, as if it alone were the path to true faith. Indeed, critics note that NCW members historically referred to ordinary (non-NCW) Catholics as “pagans” in their internal jargon. This shocking label makes twisted sense once one grasps Kiko’s heterodox theology: since “pagans…offer sacrifices” at Mass, any Catholic attending the traditional Eucharistic sacrifice was deemed a “pagan” by the NCW’s founders. Such …