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English archbishop says he has ‘no intention’ of canceling LGBT Mass'I would direct you to Pope Francis’ comment that 'the LGBTQ+ community are at the heart of the church',' said Archbishop McMahon. WIDNES, U.K. (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic parish in north-west England is set to hold a Mass for the “LGBTQ+ community” April 3, as the local bishop, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, told LifeSiteNews he has “no intention” of canceling the Mass.Fr. Mark Moran, the parish priest of St. Wilfrid’s parish in Widnes, announced in the parish newsletter March 27 that the church would be holding a Mass specifically for the...

Archbishop backs principle of national synodArchbishop of Liverpool Malcolm McMahon said he would encourage those who believe the Church in England and Wales should hold a national synod.Speaking at The Tablet discussion, A synodal Church: what does it mean? Archbishop McMahon, who oversaw the 2020 Liverpool synod, backed the synodal path for the Church and suggested that without it, the Church was facing “a very diminished, narrow future”.The other speaker at the webinar was Dr Myriam Wijlens, Professor of canon law at Erfurt University in Germany and a consultor to the synod of bishops’ office in Rome.She said the preparations...