The bishop called for the restoration of the Ember Days and the St Michael Prayer at Mass

In the wake of recent sex abuse scandals, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh has announced a Year of Repentance in the diocese. He has asked all the clerics to fast and pray for the purification of the Church, and invited all Catholics to join the initiative. “Faced with the sinful actions of the members of our own ranks of the clergy, who are called to manifest the example of Christ, we feel both shame and sorrow, and are reminded of our own sinfulness and the need for mercy,”