Lies and Deception: They never tell you they are with the Neocatechumenal Way

Why do they keep it from you? Why don't they ever tell you they are with the Neocatechumenal Way or what you're getting yourself into is a new subchurch, or parallel church? - because they deceive from the outset. 

Readers of the The Thoughtful Catholic might remember the "God gives you cancer guy"Francesco Gennarini,://thoughtfulcatholic.com/francesco-gennarini-cancer-is-sent-by-god/  ,nepo baby of Kiko's replacement, Giuseppi Gennarini https://thoughtfulcatholic.com/giuseppes-islands/. Recently Francesco, his latest child and his wife were seen at the recent Papal address to the Neocatechumenal Way; which was a gigantic departure from years past. 

Just four years ago the Neocatechumenal Way met with Pope Francis, as they had met with previous Popes, in the Nervi Auditorium. In all previous years the audience was full of large familes, priests, cardinals and of course, Kiko's team. Kiko led the huge crowd like he does at every Kiko gathering, singing his songs, calling on the various groups representing their countries of origin; followed by a lecture to the Pope on how the Way operates its scheme... er steps. 

https://therecord.com.au/news/international/preach-the-gospel-obey-the-church-pope-francis-tells-neocatechumenal-way/

This year, Pope Leo XVI would have none of that, opting to meet with them in the Vatican Hall of Blessings, a significantly smaller space. Kiko led no songs or lecture and no introductions to the various delegates, one being the Gennarinis.

In this Hall, the Pope went down the isle blessing two infants and one toddler, in what was otherwise a gathering of seniors citizens.  

https://zenit.org/2026/01/19/live-your-spirituality-without-ever-separating-yourselves-from-the-rest-of-the-ecclesial-body-pope-leo-xiv-to-the-neocatechumenal-way/

A recent photo was sent by a reader who fled the NCW to a parish sans NCW,  only to find they were introducing a "Lenten Mission" by none other than Francesco Gennarini and family. The ad insinuates the Pope himself sent this family to Aurora, Colorado because who is going to argue with the Pope!? "The team is composed of a priest, two young men, and a couple with their 11 children"; this couple with the 11 children, the Gennarinis, haven't traveled on mission from Rome to "spread the gospel" but rather have been living in the Denver Metro area for about a decade. How do we know? The "cancer sent by God" speech was at a church mere miles away from their new target. Junglewatch published "Confusion and Division Wherever it Goes" https://www.junglewatch.info/2016/08/neocatechumenal-way-confusion-and.html a translation from Cruxsancta (https://cruxsancta.blogspot.com/2016/08/neocatecumenado-el-arbol-malo-da-malos.html) TEN YEARS ago - this same parish was where the Thoughtful Catholic published the "Cancer is Sent by God" post. Furthermore, the Gennarini's and children have been actively involved in St. James Parish in Denver, where the NCW dominates the school and parish there. 

This "invitation to hear a word" is complete deception. Living in Colorado, going to Rome to see and be seen by the Pope,visit Rome, and return home, is far different than the Pope sending them to the parish.  This mission of theirs tries to pull at any problem you have and then manipulate the emotions into thinking the NCW has the answer to your suffering. They say God gave you that suffering rather than allowing it and then they want you to focus on that suffering, indulge in the suffering, so much so that you become proud and boastful in it and boast of your sins. 

The wallowing in sin and suffering turns them into yelling, miserable, monsters who swear at and name call the poor parishioners who were duped into thinking they were just being a good Catholic, following their pastor into a parish Lenten mission. For the Way, the presence of suffering means that God is present and therefore you should be happy, however, the absence of suffering isn't happiness, neither is the presence of suffering; but the absence of God is suffering and the presence of God is happiness. Maybe that sounds like arguing over a glass half full or empty, however, to put it more plainly,  a neocat would say "suffering brings me joy" like some sadist, whereas a true follower of Christ simply says "my joy is in the Lord". The cancer here is not one sent by God but that of the Neocatechumenal Way, and the evidence is found in parishioners with the same, sad stories all over the world. 

So you've been invited to a catechisis? https://carmenkiko.wordpress.com/2022/09/07/youve-been-invited-to-a-catechesis/'