120,000 youth from the Neocatechumenal Way in Rome for the Jubilee with the Pope and a vocational meeting

As a conclusion to the Jubilee of Young People, desired by Pope Francis and celebrated by Pope Leo XIV to restore hope to today’s world, 120,000 young people from the communities of the Neocatechumenal Way from 109 countries on five continents gathered this afternoon, August 4, at the same place where they met with the Pope, with the International Team, Kiko Argüello, María Ascensión, and Father Mario Pezzi. On the

The Neocatechumenal Way and the Jubilee

Testimony of Kiko Argüello. Pentecost 2025 My name is Kiko Argüello and together with the servant of God, Carmen Hernández, we are the initiators of the Neocatechumenal Way, a diocesan form of Christian initiation which, through catechesis, the Word of God, and the sacraments lived in community, leads people to an adult faith and fraternal communion. I am a Spanish painter. During my university years, after an existential crisis, I

Pope Leo XIV receives Kiko Arguello, founder of the Neocatechumenal Way

This morning, June 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Library of the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received for the first time in private audience the International Team of the Neocatechumenal Way, Kiko Argüello, Father Mario Pezzi, and María Ascensión Romero. Kiko greeted the Pope, telling him that he was very happy that God had given us a missionary Pope, because this is also the mission of

Kiko Argüello receives the medal “Per Artem ad Deum”.

In a simple yet exciting ceremony, on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at the Church of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Rome, Kiko Argüello, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way along with Carmen Hernández, received the “Per Artem ad Deum” Medal for his contribution to sacred art. The award is given each year by the SacroExpo Association to artists or institutions whose artistic achievements contribute to the development of culture and human spirituality. In particular,

The Pope receives Kiko Argüello, initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way

This morning, Saturday, January 27, 2024, Pope Francis received in private audience the International Team responsible for the Neocatechumenal Way: the initiator Kiko Argüello, Father Mario Pezzi and Miss Ascension Romero. During the audience, the Team informed the Holy Father of the International Convivence of Itinerants, which has just concluded, with more than 1,000 itinerants, leaders of the 136 nations where the Neocatechumenal Way is present, as well as the