The Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church Public Affairs Commission, in a March 12 statement, demanded a “high-level investigation ...

A Church sui iuiris is a distinct community of faithful within a rite of the Church. For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation ... the Pope is shepherd of the rites of the West and the East. The eastern rites which have a separate code of canon law, are completely equal ...

The season of Lent for Western Catholics began on Ash Wednesday, March 5; for Eastern Rite Catholics, Lent began on Clean ...

One morning in October of 2023, Miami police were called to remove a “squatter” who had, or so the ecclesiastical ...

Christians will get one last nibble on their paczkis and king cakes as Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season give way to Ash ...

Peter & Paul in 1954, they took a name to appeal to different strands of the faith, including Greek, Russian and Eastern Rite Catholic, reflecting the diversity of immigrants arriving after World ...

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore has decided to lower the age of confirmation to 9 in a move designed to increase family involvement in the formation of youth. For Archbishop Lori, who has ...

The pope’s words emphasized his humility and belief that simple acts of devotion could unite the church. His illness has made ...

Meeting leaders of the Eastern Catholic churches -- many from countries ... of state has called the head of the Ukraine's Eastern-rite Catholics to express the closeness of the Holy See at a ...

Artur Bubnevych, new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy ... The Byzantine rite developed in the East, and is more similar to Eastern Orthodox worship practices.