News – Neocatechumenal Way

Honorary Doctorate to Father Mario Pezzi

On Thursday, November 13, Father Mario Pezzi, priest of the International Team of the Neocatechumenal Way, will receive an honorary doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of San Antonio in Murcia (UCAM). The inauguration will take place during the opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 academic year, in the presence of Monsignor José Manuel Lorca Planes, Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena-Murcia, the President of UCAM, María Dolores García Mascarell,

Religion in Freedom Special Award of the Year presented to Kiko Argüello

Wednesday October 29 (Madrid, Spain) PROGRAM 7:30 p.m.: Start of the event, presented by Álex Navajas and Sandra Segimon. Awards ceremony: 8:45 p.m.: End of the event and farewell to guests.

Clarification of the Neocatechumenal Way

The Neocatechumenal Way is a Catholic formation programme implemented in dioceses through services freely given (cf. Art. 4 of the Statute of the Neocatechumenal Way) and approved by the Holy See. The community’s celebratory meetings make use of various materials (songs, liturgical elements, and paintings), fruits of the creativity of Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández. These have been made available free of charge to brothers and parishes for liturgical use.

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

Jubilee: in dialogue with the city

Family Jubilee: Mission in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna On Saturday, May 31, the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth, the city of Rome was the scene of an event that, although it did not receive much media coverage, filled the Piazza di Spagna, crowded as never before with people, songs, and truly exceptional testimonies. In the context of the events of the jubilee celebrations

Symphonic work by Kiko Argüello, a path of beauty for evangelization

Our translation of the article published with the permission of Vatican News. On the occasion of the Jubilee of Families, the two symphonies by the founder of the Neocatechumenal Way were performed together for the first time on the evening of June 1, 2025, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. Monsignor Fisichella: a symphony of this kind has taught us that we are not spectators but participants. Débora

Election of Pope Leo XIV

It is with great joy that the Neocatechumenal Way has received the news of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Successor of Peter. His first words have filled us with joy, placing at the center the Risen Christ, who offers us his peace, and evangelization that springs from a missionary heart. A particular echo in the hearts of all the brothers and sisters of the Way—and particularly in mine—has

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