They are not, however, in ecclesiastical communion. In secular vocabulary, they are not "Catholics in good standing" and cannot licitly call themselves a Catholic Church. Wish we have that word trademark-protected!
“They are not, however, in ecclesiastical communion. In secular vocabulary, they are not “Catholics in good standing” and cannot licitly call themselves a Catholic Church”
Apparently they can and do refer to themselves as catholic. It’s just a new catholic denomination.