[bdeaner]

Notice what these Churches are called, Maronite Catholic Church, Byzantine Catholic Church, etc, and all of them are in communion with the Bishop of Rome, and thus they are fully Catholic but yet not Latin/Roman Rite Catholics.

http://www.byzcath.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=93

Here are 2 additional links that explains the different Eastern Catholic Churches and how they are fully Catholic, yet retain Liturgical and devotional traditions different from what is associated with Catholicism in the United States, which primarily is Roman/Latin Rite.

http://maryourmother.net/Eastern.html

http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/rites.htm

Very informative links! Thanks!

[CTrent1564]

bdeaner:

Yes, somewhere way, way, way, way, back [sounding like a baseball announcer here] in this thread I had to educate some folks on that one.

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