The secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Bishop Josef Clemens, has said that a definitive approval of the statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way will take some time, the online Italian news agency Petrus reports.The Catholic lay movement’s statutes were approved on an ad experimentum basis, for a period of five years, six years ago.
But questions about the Neocatechumenal Way-- and particularly the group's liturgical practices-- have persisted, slowing the progress toward full acceptance.
The Petrus report indicates that are also questions about how fully the Neocatechumenate has adhered to the norms issued in December 2005 by the Congregation for Divine Worship to correct liturgical abuses by members of the lay movement.
The Neocatechumenate has supporters as well as critics within the hierarchy.
The Petrus article recounts that last month, 170 bishops and nine cardinals from Europe visited the Neocatechumenal Way’s Domus Galilaeae in the Holy Land. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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