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 | | There are 24 sui iuris churches in what is termed full communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, which implies that they accept his authority in matters of faith and morals and his assertion of "full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church" (CCC §882; see also Papal infallibility). |
 | | The remaining 23 sui iuris Churches, collectively called the "Eastern Catholic Churches", are governed by a hierarch who is either a Patriarch, a Major Archbishop, or a Metropolitan. |
 | | Each of the sui iuris Churches uses one of the six major liturgical traditions (emanating from traditional Sees of historical importance), called a Rite; the major Rites are the Roman, Byzantine, Antiochene, Alexandrian, Chaldean, and Armenian Rites (there are also two minor Western Rites, the Ambrosian and Mozarabic Rites). |
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