The "Western rite" is actually known as the Latin Rite. The Latin Rite is the part of the Roman Catholic Church that is not Chaldean, Assyrian, Abyssinian, Copt, Syriac, Armenian, or Malankaran. All of these "Eastern Rites" are in full communion the Pope, but they have their own Patriarchs as well.
Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate was created in 1961.
Eastern Rite and Western Rite churches are not limited by geography. The naming is a convention that indicates where they historically started. You can find Eastern and Western Rite churches all over the US. There are Byzantine (Eastern) church in Fort Wayne as well as many western rite.
Your question is not entirely clear. I assume you mean what is the dominant Rite (form of worship) within the Roman Catholic Church. The answer to that is the Latin Rite (or Western Rite), which, despite its name, does not mean conducting services in Latin but instead using the forms of the Mass and other ceremonies that have become established historically in Western Europe and have since spread worldwide.There are a number of other Rites, much smaller in influence than the Latin Rite. For example, the Byzantine Rite, whose ceremonies are in Greek, is very similar to the services conducted in the Eastern Orthodox Church but is entirely Catholic and under the authority of the pope.
There is a Northern and Southern Jurisdiction; I am not aware of a Western Consistory.
In the Western Rite, Pentecost will fall on May 31st, 2009. In the Eastern Rite, Pentecost will fall on June 7th, 2009.
A funeral rite.
.Catholic AnswerThey are similar in being pretty much the same thing, except that the Catholic Church also includes the Eastern Rites. The Western or Latin Rite is the largest and dominant Rite in the Church.
Within the Catholic Church, there are numerous rites which practice their own traditions and forms of the liturgy. The largest of these is the Roman Rite (also known as the Western Rite and the Latin Rite), to which the majority of Catholics in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia belong.
The "Western rite" is actually known as the Latin Rite. The Latin Rite is the part of the Roman Catholic Church that is not Chaldean, Assyrian, Abyssinian, Copt, Syriac, Armenian, or Malankaran. All of these "Eastern Rites" are in full communion the Pope, but they have their own Patriarchs as well.
It depends on the Rite Aid. From my experiences, you can't, but that doesn't mean that yours doesn't carry them.
Norway celebrates Christmas on the traditional date of Western Rite Christianity: December 25.
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