[NYer]

I happily found out recently that my mom's church (she grew up in an Albanian-speaking town in Italy) was up to about 1750 half-Byzantine and half-Latin. They recently found evidence of the original iconostasis.

Absolutely fascinating!! There's an excellent history of these two churches at the above link. Have you ever attended a Byzantine Catholic Divine Liturgy? There are two forum freepers who attend Byzantine Churches. Awesome liturgy!

[Rebelbase]

Does anyone here have the link to the thread within the past month or so where the Pope said unsaved persons can be saved if they're good--or something to that effect?

[Claud]

I've been to a couple of Ukrainian Catholic churches...yes wonderful liturgy, although I think the ones I went to were somewhat Latinized.