Leo XIV Promotes Mexican Bishop Who Had Defended "Fiducia Supplicans"

On February 11, Pope Leo XIV appointed Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca as Bishop of Atlacomulco, Mexico.
Born on 27 September 1962 in San Mateo Mozoquilpan, State of Mexico, he was ordained as a priest in 1987.
He spent many years working in priestly formation in Toluca, and in 2010, Benedict XVI appointed him as an auxiliary bishop of Mexico.
In 2019, Pope Francis promoted him to bishop of Azcapotzalco. He is now returning to his home state to lead the Diocese of Atlacomulco.
Homosexuals Cannot Be Excluded from Receiving a Blessing
In his 2023 Christmas message, published on Facebook, Bishop Castaño defended the pro-homosexual pamphlet Fiducia Supplicans.
He accused Catholics of "exaggerating" and "polarising" certain aspects, claiming that "many erroneous things have been said" and that people had "not read the document in its entirety".
His belief: "No one can be excluded from receiving a blessing." And: "God is the Father of all, and excludes no one. We cannot become judges, nor can …More