It is strongly desired that bishops and all pastors of souls, in addition to the more frequent use of the sacrament of penance, promote with zeal, particularly during the Lenten season, extraordinary practices of penitence aimed at expiation and impetration.
Valde optandum est ut Episcopi, ceterique animorum pastores, praeter frequentiorem usum Sacramenti Paenitentiae, extraordinaria paenitentiae opera, expiationis aut impetrationis causa, praesertim tempore Quadragesimae, sedulo promoveant.vatican.va vatican.va