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

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