Pope Francis Backs Neocatechumenal Way Liturgy Reaffirms Validity of Statutes Approved in 2008

Zenit ^ | May 16, 2014 | Junno Arocho Esteves

[Fithal the Wise]

The key is how they treat the Eucharist.

“The orthodoxy of the Way’s teachings and the validity of its liturgical practices has also drawn criticism. In 1995, the Italian Passionist priest and theologian Enrico Zoffoli published a critique of the Way that accused the movement of heresy: “Their doctrine is seriously compromised with errors against fundamental dogmatics of the Church, the Popes and the Councils. They negate the Redemption, the sacrificial character of the Eucharist, the transubstantiation, etc... they misunderstand the sin and the Grace concepts... their doctrinal statements are fundamentally wrong.” Zoffoli warned that “the building of Neocatechumenal seminaries, where candidates are prepared for the priesthood educated in accordance with the doctrinal errors of Kiko, could be one of the worst threats for the Church of tomorrow.”.[47] The Way has not officially responded to the accusations of heresy, relying on declarations by the Holy See. They maintain that the Holy See’s decisions to approve the Statutes and the Orientations for the Teams of Catechists speak for themselves, indicating that the Church approves not only of the Way’s structure by also its teachings.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocatechumenal_Way

and more specifically discernment of the Eucharist as in 1Co 11:26-29

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

[ebb tide]

Thank-you for your post. Very informative and very disturbing.