New Cardinal, Mexican Bishop Emeritus Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de Las Casas (R) receives his biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory to create 13 new cardinals, on November 28, 2020 at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican. (Photo: FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL/AFP via Getty)
Pope Francis appointed a staunchly homophobic new cardinal in Mexico, who believes that being gay is a spreading “contagion”.
Felipe Arizmendi is an 80-year-old prelate of the church in Mexico, who has served as a Catholic bishop since 1991, and was one…
