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Bishop David Zubik’s pastoral letter, The Church Healing, dated March 6, 2019, stated that an update regarding the amount disbursed through the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Fund, without identifying the recipients, would be released by January 1, 2020.

On December 16, 2019 an unredacted portion of Richard M. Lelonis’ Grand Jury Report was released.

Eight groupings of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will merge on January 6, 2020, to create eight new parishes, Bishop David Zubik announced today. Twenty-six parishes will be part of the mergers.

On December 6, 2019, Bishop David Zubik signed a decree indicating that St. Peter church building of Prince of Peace Parish in the South Side of Pittsburgh, is being closed for worship and relegated to profane but not sordid use.  This means that all sacred objects will be removed from the church. The building may then be sold or rented and the parish will ensure that its future use would respect the dignity of the building as a prior place of worship. 

Bishop David A. Zubik is the principal celebrant for the annual Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the evening of Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Saint Paul Cathedral, Oakland.  

Continuing a long tradition, Bishop David A. Zubik has asked all parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to be open for the Sacrament of Confession on Wednesday December 11, from 6-9 p.m. for the diocese’s twice-yearly “The Light is On for You” campaign, when Catholics are invited to return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.