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PITTSBURGH (ChurchMilitant.com) - With its shrinking flock and declining number of priests, the bishop of Pittsburgh is turning to the Charismatic Renewal for a solution.

A Pittsburgh diocesan committee called On Mission for the Church Alive is charged with managing the decline in the number of Catholics in the pews by merging, grouping and consolidating parishes. The group also seeks to make the best of the diocese's bad situation by solidifying community bonds and strengthening the faith lives of the few remaining parishioners.

One way the diocese is seeking renewal, according to a report from CBS Pittsburgh, is through a charismatic worship event known as Festival of Praise (FOP).

FOPs typically center on eucharistic adoration and a eucharistic procession. They feature the required traditional elements, like the O Salutaris Hostia and Tantum Ergo, times of silence during exposition, the use of incense and the closing benediction. But FOPs often take place in large gymnasiums and feature contemporary worship music, crowds with their hands in the air, impassioned speakers and people collapsing to the ground "getting slain in the spirit."