In my previous post, “Kiko’s Passover Problem, Part I”, I showed that Kiko Arguello deforms the meaning of the Last Supper and Jesus’s death by stripping the sacrificial element out of the Jewish Passover of first century Palestine. This causes … Continue reading Kiko’s Passover Problem, Part II
The Jewish Passover looms large in Catholic theology of the Eucharist, and while it is very important in Kiko Arguello’s religion too, he deforms it dangerously by ignoring a very key element. This deformation is disastrous for him, because if … Continue reading Kiko’s Passover Problem, Part I
The initial phase of catechesis in the Neocatechumenal Way (NCW) consists of fifteen catechetical sessions, followed by a weekend “Convivence” (from the Spanish, “convivencia”, meaning “living together” or “coexistence”) retreat where a new NCW community will be “born”. These sessions, … Continue reading Problems with the Initial Catechesis of the Neocatechumenal Way