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| | LATIN RITE FACTS AND INFORMATION |
 | | Latin Rite, in the singular and accompanied, in English, by the definite article ("The Latin Rite"), is a term by which documents of the Catholic Church designate the particular_Church, distinct from the Eastern_Rite Churches, that developed in western Europe and northern Africa, where Latin was the language of education and culture. |
 | | Characteristic of the Latin Rite (in the first-mentioned sense) are obligatory celibacy of priests, Confirmation after reaching the age of reason (but not necessarily as late as pre-adolescence), direct appointment of bishops by the Pope, honorary titles of patriarch and primate, and, of course, the Latin-rite liturgies. |
 | | The term ''Latin rite'' is used also, in singular or plural, to refer to one or more of the forms of sacred liturgy used in different parts of this Latin Church. |
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