When Bishop Peter Baldacchino was appointed to lead the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in May 2019, EWTN News noted a singular distinction: he was the first diocesan bishop associated with the Neocatechumenal Way to serve in a mainland U.S. diocese. That fact does not appear anywhere on the diocesan website. Nor does the website mention the movement that formed him, how it now shapes the structure of his diocesan leadership, and how it operates a seminary on diocesan grounds. A search of the … [Read more...]