The Neocatechumenal Way: A Fruit of the Conciliar Revolution, Not of the Holy Spirit
EWTN News reports that the Neocatechumenal Way, a post-conciliar ecclesial movement founded in the mid-1960s by Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández in Madrid, celebrated its 60th anniversary with a Mass at the Almudena Cathedral. The event saw congratulatory messages from “Pope” Leo XIV, who lauded its “missionary work,” and Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who praised its “charism” and “filial obedience.” Kiko Argüello himself explicitly linked the movement’s origins to the Second Vatican Council, stating, “What was being drafted in writing at Vatican II, Carmen and I were putting into practice in the shantytowns of Palomeras Altas.” This direct conciliar lineage, coupled with its emphasis on subjective experience, community, and a distinct liturgy, renders the Neocatechumenal Way a quintessential product of the modernist revolution, fundamentally at odds with the immutable Catholic faith and its traditional catechumenate.








