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Cult or Sect?
- Are we dealing with a cult? – Thirteen signs of a cult-like organization.
- Charting the Cult-Like Nature of the Way – If we are ever to convince influential and possibly compromised churchmen that the Neocatechumenal Way is a cult or sect, we must be very precise and use prevailing, well-respected models of mind control to help us.
- Discussing the Cultish Aspects of the Way on the Radio – August 7, 2014 on Travis Coffman’s Big Show on K57, Guam.
- Unsalted, Unenlightened. We’re Judas! – The third circle, those who criticize the Way. The development of the NCW’s persecution complex.
- The “Prophet” Kiko Arguello – Catechists of the Neocatechumenal Way are teaching members that Kiko Arguello is a prophet.
- “the Prophet of our time” meme – Why are we starting to hear members of “the Way” call Kiko a prophet?
- “The Way Shows Signs of a Cult or Sect”, Op Ed piece published in the Pacific Daily News, August 4, 2014
- Guam’s Pacific News Center, 8/4/2014 – VIDEO -A brief discussion on the cult-like tendencies of the Neocatechumenal Way
- Is your Family your idol? – At the Neocatechumenal First Scrutiny, you will certainly be pressured to consider this possibility.
- A Turn of the Screw – listen to the lead Neocatechumenal catechist for Micronesia chide his senior leaders about their participation in a recent convivence.
- Kiko Forbids the “Horrors of the Computer” – What is the real reason? And will members comply?
The Initial Phase of Catechesis
- Jesus’s Clay vs. Kiko’s Mud – Kiko twists a famous bible story in order to provide a principle of his catechumenate.
- “Excuse me, may I ask a question?” – Details about Kiko’s troubling teaching about “natural religiosity” taken directly from the first volume of the Catechetical Directory
- Critiquing Kiko’s Kerygma – Why does Kiko’s kerygma seem to deliberately exclude the possibility of purgatory?
- Kiko’s Last Judgment – a critical look at Kiko’s teachings and iconography on the General (Last) Judgment
- Unsalted, Unenlightened. We’re Judas! – The third circle, those who criticize the Way. The development of the NCW’s persecution complex.
- Judas is saved! – A critical look at Kiko’s Doctrine of the Necessary Judas, and another esoteric teaching.
- Kiko’s History of the Catholic Church – Something, or quite a lot of things are missing in his version…
- Judge Not? – Three problems with teaching about judging others.
- Kiko’s Trouble with the Trinity – Kiko tends to avoid mention of the Holy Trinity in his teach and in his art. Why?
- “Do Not Resist Evil.” Part I – Here’ the first of two posts on Kiko’s egregious half-truth teaching, “Do not resist evil.”
Sacramental Issues
- Kiko’s Tabernacles – Do these tabernacles indicate Kiko’s true beliefs regarding the Eucharist?
- Kiko’s Passover Problem, Part I – If Kiko is wrong about the celebration of the Passover in first century Palestine, how could he be right about the worship of the first century Christians?
- Kiko’s Passover Problem, Part II – Wherein Kiko’s teaching is found to contradict that of four Doctors of the Church.
The Scrutinies
- Scrutinizing a Scrutiny: A critical look at the Neocatechumenal Way’s First Baptismal Convivence
- Is your Family your idol? – At the Neocatechumenal First Scrutiny, you will certainly be pressured to consider this possibility.
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 1– an outline of the Neocatechumenal Second Scrutiny Convivence and the Rite of Admission to the Catechumenate.
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 2 – a close look at the questionnaire members complete prior to the individual scrutiny.
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 3 – take your seat in the “Chair of Mercy” and let’s get your individual scrutiny underway, shall we?
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 4 – Savings accounts, retirement accounts, jewelry, heirlooms, titles to automobiles and land. All laid at the feet of the catechists…
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 5 – The second scrutiny initiates a substantial revenue stream for the sect, and, as in any true sect or cult, anything that might dissuade others from joining, such as coerced donations and psychological abuse, must be kept strictly secret.
- Secrets of the Second Scrutiny Revealed, Part 6 – Kiko obligates members entering the Catechumenate to give a tenth of their earnings to the community.
Rene Girard and the Neocatechumenal Way
- The Xiphias Gladius Project: Details about the team of Neocatechumenal academics teaching the thought of Rene Girard at Redemptoris Mater seminaries around the world.
- Contaminado! – A close look at the mission statement of the Xiphias Gladius project team.
- Covering His Tracks – A Neocatechumenal professor’s attempt to remove his outrageous writing from the internet doesn’t quite work out.
- A Neocatechumenal Seminary Professor’s View on Chamorro Prayers for the Dead
- An Academic Hack – a criticism of some work by a Neocatechumenal professor published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Kiko’s Eschatology
- Kiko’s Last Judgment – a critical look at Kiko’s teachings and iconography on the General (Last) Judgment
- Critiquing Kiko’s Kerygma – Why does Kiko’s kerygma seem to deliberately exclude the possibility of purgatory?
- A Neocatechumenal Seminary Professor’s View on Chamorro Prayers for the Dead
Kiko’s “New Aesthetic”
- Kiko’s Icons – It is common for painters of icons to copy the work of the great masters of the past, and Kiko Arguello is no exception…
- Kiko’s Curious Cripta di Sant’Ilario – Let’s take a look at how Kiko’s “New Aesthetic” is applied to a certain chapel in Rome. You’re in for a surprise…
- Coming to a Parish Near You! – Kiko’s Neo-Byzantine art and his curious “Buen Pastor” icon.
- Kiko Inc.: A Look at the Big Business of the “New Aesthetic” – The NCW’s cookie-cutter approach to liturgical aesthetics: does it have a deeper purpose?
- Kiko’s Songs
- Get your parish Kiko-fied!– Many of you are undoubtedly very eager to expedite the adoption of Kiko Arguello’s New Aesthetic into your parish’s church building. Bear with me, please, and let me suggest some steps you should take to accomplish this.
The Way in Asia
- Why “the Way” will Fail in Asia– The NCW says “disobedient bishops” are the cause of their problems in Japan…
- Half-baked Priests for Asia– We learn of a plan to reduce NCW seminary training to 5 years, with no formal seminary…
- Kiko tells us why he needs girls for China… – video with translation from Kiko Arguello in Naples, May 20, 2012.
Other Problems and Practices
- The Bloom is Off the Rose – A quantitative critique of the Neocatechumenal “numbers” using Google Trends
- Diaconate Candidates taught: Jesus “became a sinner”– Where on earth did this Neocatechumenal professor get this idea?!? And why is he allowed to teach it?
- Giuseppe’s Islands – Has the opaque Neocatechumenal Way avoided the temptations offered by the compromised banking infrastructure of the Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Nowhere. A call for post-baptismal catechesis free of the errors and problems endemic to the Neocatechumenal Way.
- This Spells Trouble – four big problems with a Neocatechumenal Seminarian’s testimony during Holy Mass.
- Dear Archbishop Cordileone – the Neocatechumenal Way seems to shuffle priests with troubling pasts around the world…
- A Church In Trouble – a critical look at some recent scandals in the Church on Guam.
- Kiko, are you listening? – Pope Francis has some strong warnings for certain leaders of Church movements.
- Kiko’s Fairy Tale – Is the Neocatechumenal Way constituted, in large part, by former “atheists and communists”?
- Trouble in Denmark – Like Guam, the Catholic faithful in Denmark are suffering from the devastation wrought by the Neocatechumenal Way.
- La Riqueza de la Familia Hernandez Barrera – Carmen Hernandez, the foundress of the Neocatechumenal Way, is a member of one of the wealthiest families in Spain.
- God Demands Nothing! – says Fr. Edwin “Pius” Sammut OCD, the lead Neocatechumenal Catechist for Guam.
- Kiko and the Twelve – on Mt. Sinai. Messianic pretensions?
- “Preaching That Alters the Gospels and Darkens and Saddens Life” – Kiko Arguello frequently twists and deforms the meaning the Sacred Scriptures in order to manipulate his followers and further his sectarian goals. Here is another example.
- Fr. Luis Camacho has been found! – a Neocatechumenal priest who was whisked away from Guam after being arrested on a secluded beach with his 17 year old altar girl has been found!
- Bishop Ballin’s Angry Reply – the Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia certainly does not like to be challenged regarding hiding a priest with a problem!
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