[Rome2000]

What is a “Neo-Catholic”?

[Salvation]

neo means “new”. Can you think of any English words that start that way?

[Salvation]

An example:

NEOPHYTE

One who has entered on a new and better state of life. Thus a newly baptized convert from unbelief or a non-Christian religion today or to Christianity from Judaism in the early Church. The name is also given to a novice or postulant in a religious community or to a beginner in studying for the priesthood. (Etym. Greek neos,new + phutos, grown: neophutos, lit. newly planted.)

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

[NRx]

It’s a traddie term (usually used as a pejorative) for otherwise conservative Catholics who accept Vatican II.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

My understanding of "Neo-Catholic" is, a conservative but essentially non-traditional Catholic/a conservative Catholic who has fully embraced "the Spirit of Vatican II."

Either way, Neo-Catholicism calls to mind those old Starburst commercials with the Chinese guy dressed as a Scottish highlander -- "It's a juicy contradiction!"