Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

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The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches which, together with the Latin Church, comprise the Catholic Church. It is an autonomous (sui juris) particular church in full communion with the pope of Rome, directly subject to the Roman Dicastery for the Oriental Churches. It follows the Byzantine rite, the ritual and spiritual traditions that are common in most of the Eastern Church. It uses two liturgical languages: Koine Greek, the traditional language of the Eastern Churches, and Albanian, the native language of most of its adherents. The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church is composed of three ecclesiastical districts: it is headed by two eparchies, that of Lungro in Calabria, that of Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily, and a Territorial Abbacy of Saint Mary of Grottaferrata in Lazio, whose Basilian monks come largely from the Italo-Albanian settlements. It does not have a metropolitan, but is instead led by two eparchs...

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