On May 15, 2021, in Mexico City, a historic Mass was celebrated with the ordination of a deacon and four priests during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The celebration took place at the Parish of San Agust\u00edn, Mexico City, following the required health protocols, and was presided over by Mons. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, and concelebrated by Fr. Alberto Sim\u00e1n, LC, Territorial Director for Mexico and Central America of the Legionaries of Christ, accompanied by some Legionary priests, consecrated laity<\/a>, Consecrated Women of the Regnum Christi<\/a>, and some family members.<\/p>\n Today, priests are being ordained marked by the suffering of a society in pandemic: \u201cThis pandemic has transformed me into someone more sensitive to suffering, to people’s loneliness. We must be more willing to be close and listen to others. What we have lived through has humanized us more as a society and as priests,\u201d expressed Fr. C\u00e9sar Fern\u00e1ndez, LC, one day before his ordination.<\/p>\n After the Liturgy of the Word, Fr. Alberto Sim\u00e1n, LC, presented the candidates for the diaconate and priesthood to the Archbishop, stating that, according to the Church\u2019s judgment, they are worthy of ordination. The ordinands are C\u00e9sar Fern\u00e1ndez Xicot\u00e9ncatl, LC, from the state of Hidalgo; Pablo Vivanco de Esesarte, LC, from Mexico City; Daniel Preciado Valtierra, LC, from the city of Xalapa; Diego Trillas D\u00edaz, LC, from Mexico City; and Jos\u00e9 Alfredo Rodr\u00edguez Mendiola, LC, ordained deacon, originally from Irapuato.<\/p>\n