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That explains a lot — undoing quite a number of years of tradition.

I was raised and taught that Catholicism is pretty rigid (or is supposed to be) — you either is or you ain’t: Buffet style Protestantism wasn’t an option.

Doesn’t this start a drift away from that? One sanctioned in and by Rome?

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Let me borrow NYers graphic:

The Catholic Church is a worldwide communion of churches and rites using a wide variety of languages and liturgies. They all share common Christian teachings. In the US, the Pastoral Provision for former Episcopalians has been in operation for 30 years. The Anglicans join the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church but retain many aspects of the Anglican liturgy.