Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik plan to celebrate a Service of Aplogy in April. Bishop Zubik celebrated a similar service a few years ago when he served as Bishop of Green Bay. (Rumor has it that he really liked a particular church there.)
While the first thought might be that this service will focus on those that have been victims of sexual assault by priests, the event is meant to help heal wounds caused by any wrongdoing by those in the Catholic church.
Over a generation ago, I worked at a bakery in a tourist area for a couple of summers. The owners were very fundamentalist. When I told them that I would not be returning the following summer because I planned to enter a religious order, one of the owners stated that "the Catholic church really screwed up my life". I replied that the Catholic Church has screwed up nobody's life - human beings that happen to be Catholic (or Baptist or Jewish or Muslim) do things that harm other people. He would be one that could benefit from a Service of Apology.
For a television report on the Pittsburgh Service of Apology, go to:
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/18919622/index.html
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