{"id":3412,"date":"2020-02-27T23:27:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15.188.244.8.xip.io\/words-of-the-popes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T04:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:52:50","slug":"words-of-the-popes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of the Popes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Words of the Popes<\/h1>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Neocatechumenal Way in the words of the Popes: speeches, audiences, exhortations, acknowledgments, approvals&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p> St. Paul VI (August 4, 1976): &#8220;Our time needs to resume the construction of the Church, almost, psychologically and pastorally, as if it began again, from scratch, so to speak, to regenerate.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n<p>The first apostles, in small evangelization teams, went the synagogues announcing the Good News: God has raised his servant Jesus, the one whom we have denied, asking for the grace of a murderer; he who died without resistance, without resisting evil, loving his enemies, excusing them (&#8220;forgive them because they do not know what they do&#8221;); he who offered the evil inflicted on him &#8211; torture and the cross &#8211; as proof that his love was greater than death and that he did not cease to love them, even if they took his life: God has raised him from death and today He is alive, to forgive this and any other crime. (Kiko Arg\u00fcello)<\/p>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Kiko Arg\u00fcello<\/h6>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/saint-paul-vi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Pablo_VI-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"St. Paul VI, Kiko Arg&#xFC;ello and Carmen Hern&#xE1;ndez\" class=\"wp-image-7883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Pablo_VI-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Pablo_VI.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>St. Paul VI<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/s-john-paul-ii\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Juan_Pablo_II-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"St. John Paul II\" class=\"wp-image-7882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Juan_Pablo_II-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_S_Juan_Pablo_II.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>St. John Paul II<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/benedict-xvi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Benedicto_XVI-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pope emeritus Benedict XVI\" class=\"wp-image-7880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Benedicto_XVI-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Benedicto_XVI.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Benedict XVI<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/francis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Francisco-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis\" class=\"wp-image-7881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Francisco-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Papa_Francisco.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Francis<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/leo-xiv\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Papa-Leone-XIV-foto-ufficiale_Copyright-VATICAN-MEDIA-500x600-1-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV\" class=\"wp-image-46079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Papa-Leone-XIV-foto-ufficiale_Copyright-VATICAN-MEDIA-500x600-1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Papa-Leone-XIV-foto-ufficiale_Copyright-VATICAN-MEDIA-500x600-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Leo XIV<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words of the Popes The Neocatechumenal Way in the words of the Popes: speeches, audiences, exhortations, acknowledgments, approvals&#8230; St. Paul VI (August 4, 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