Catholics must continue to proclaim the Gospel in spite of a relentless wave of high-profile clerical abuse scandals divesting the Church of much of her credibility, the Archbishop of Liverpool has said.
During his homily at the closing Mass of the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon acknowledged the harm done to the Catholic Church all over the world by errant priests.
But he told the faithful that they must nevertheless strive to preach the Gospel both by word and deed.
