It is not considered to be the Vatican's final word on the New Age issue. A definitive document will be issued once the Vatican receives feedback from diocese to the provisional one issued Monday, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said.
This is a provisional draft of a more definitive document yet to come. I think the document talks about several things in New Age that are flatly incompatible with the Catholic faith. See especially the questions to be used for discernment that are provided in section 4. This is mostly repetitive for those who are well formed Catholics, but not for those who are steeped in New Age thought and confused by it. Also, section 4 brings into focus those specific points that might otherwise be difficult for faithful Catholics to articulate. Section 7 reduces this polymorphous spirituality to a definite intellectual position, even if variations on the theme are numerous.
The new age nuns should be concerned about this document.
I've been exposed to a lot of New Age stuff over the years... people don't even realize what they are doing, so it is good that the paper seems to be fairly specific and hopefully there will be no question of what comprises "New Age" spirituality.
I'd posit that almost anything that leaves the traditional fullness of the faith in search of Him, could be linked to New Age. It is almost like we are looking beyond Catholicism and expecting to find Truth - usually within ourselves as He does dwell in us - and that is the starting point for New Agers. Sadly, a lot of the clergy are infected with this to some degree. When they jettison a lot of the traditions of prayer of the Church, they are forced to look elsewhere.
I did not see "centering prayer" mentioned in the paper - wish they had done so. I'd also link inclusive language here as well.