Neocatechumenate Archives

Macau to host new seminary for Asian evangelization

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Aug 7, 2019

A new seminary to train priests for all of Asia will open in the Chinese territory of Macau in September.

Church: Guam property should not be sold to pay abuse claims

Associated Press, Church in the Americas
Apr 10, 2019

Guam’s Catholic leadership has said parishes and schools should not be sold more than 200 outstanding claims of clerical sexual abuse.

Convicted Guam archbishop a VIP at papal event for Neocatechumenal Way

Vatican
May 7, 2018

An archbishop accused of the sexual abuse of minors and convicted by a Vatican court “of certain … accusations” was given a place of honor at a recent event attended by Pope Francis.

Pope urges Neocatechumenal missionaries to respect cultures

Associated Press, Global Church
May 5, 2018

Pope Francis cautioned the Neocatechumenal Way and its missionaries to respect the cultures of the people to whom they spread the faith.

Commitment, controversy from evangelical Catholic movement

Associated Press, Church in the US
Feb 10, 2018

At the invitation of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput in 2014, families settled in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to advance the Neocatechumenal Way, a program of immersive spiritual development practiced in small groups that have caused controversy in some communities.

Neocatechumenal Way priests removed from Guam advisory board for insubordination

Church in the US, Uncategorised
Aug 29, 2017

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes was appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Agaña in October 2016, after Archbishop Anthony Apuron, a member of the Neocatechumenal Way, was accused of sexually abusing minors. The new archbishop has often been at odds with the movement ever since.