Pope Francis today encouraged the Catholics of England and Wales to emulate their martyrs by giving “eloquent and steadfast witness to Christ”.
In a message to about 6,000 delegates at the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage in Liverpool the Argentine Pontiff urged the faithful to continue to build upon the achievements of their forefathers.
“The history of the Church in your lands is marked in no small part by the central place that countless numbers of saints have given to the sacrifice of the Mass,” said the Pope in a letter read out by Archbishop Edward Adams, the Papal Nuncio.
